Life Is A Tragedy Full Of Joy.

Somewhere I Put It This Way: First Drafts Are For Learning What One’s Fiction Wants Him To Say. Revision Works With That Knowledge To Enlarge And Enhance An Idea, To Reform It. Revision Is One Of The Exquisite Pleasures Of Writing.

For Misery Don't Blame God. He Gives The Food But We Cook It.

Tomorrow The World Is Not The Same As Today, Though God Listens With The Same Ear.

... We Are All Terribly Alone No Matter What People Say.

A Man Is An Island In The Only Sense That Matters, Not An Easy Way To Be. We Live In Mystery, A Cosmos Of Separate Lonely Bodies, Men, Insects, Stars. It Is All Loneliness And Men Know It Best.