The Tendency When You Dictate Is To

I Don't Think Playing It Safe Constitutes A Retreat, Necessarily. In Other Words, I Don't Think If, By Playing Safe He Means We Are Not Going To Delve Into Controversy, Then If That's What He Means He's Quite Right. I'm Not Going To Delve Into Controversy. Somebody Asked Me The Other Day If This Means That I'm Going To Be A Meek Conformist, And My Answer Is No. I'm Just Acting The Role Of A Tired Non-conformist.

I Think I Would Like To Be In Victorian Times. Small Town. Bandstands. Summer. That Kind Of Thing. Without Disease.

I Write Much Better In The Nonconfines Of The Early Morning Than I Do The Clutter Of The Day.

Being Like Everybody Is The Same As Being Nobody.

The Most Important Thing About The First Sale Is For The Very First Time In Your Life Something Written Has Value And Proven Value Because Somebody Has Given You Money For The Words That You've Written, And That's Terribly Important, It's A Tremendous Boon To The Ego, To Your Sense Of Self-reliance, To Your Feeling About Your Own Talent.