[rewriting Is] A Whole Other Art Form;

Character Is An Essential Tendency. It Can Be Covered Up, It Can Be Messed With, It Can Be Screwed Around With, But It Can't Be Ultimately Changed. It's The Structure Of Our Bones, The Blood That Runs Through Our Veins.

There's No Way To Escape The Fact That We've Grown Up In A Violent Culture, We Just Can't Get Away From It, It's Part Of Our Heritage. I Think Part Of It Is That We've Always Felt Somewhat Helpless In The Face Of This Vast Continent. Helplessness Is Answered In Many Ways, But One Of Them Is Violence.

Keep Away From Fantasy. Shake Off The Image.

I'll Develop My Own Image. I'm An Original Man. A One And Only. I Just Need Some Help.

When You Consider All The Writers Who Never Even Had A Machine. Who Would Have Given An Eyeball For A Good Typewriter. Any Typewriter. All The Ones Who Wrote On A Matchbook Covers. Paper Bags. Toilet Paper. Who Had Their Writing Destroyed By Their Jailers. Who Persisted Beyond All Odds.