In Art As In Politics We Must

Not Until My Middle Thirties Did I Consider Myself A Novelist.

All Decisions Are Made On Insufficient Evidence.

[a Pariah Is] Something Like A Martyr With More Suffering And Less Class.

I Think The Reason I Choose The Comic Approach So Often Is Because It's Harder, Therefore Affording Me The Opportunity To Show Off. Also, A Comic Vision Is My Natural World View, But I've Grown Up In Spite Of Myself And I Can Pass The Comic Twist If It Detracts From What The Characters Need. Yes, The Life Of A Saint Is Hard.

Virginia Woolf Said That Writers Must Be Androgynous. I'll Go A Step Further. You Must Be Bisexual.