There Is Nothing In The Dark That

Why Do I Write? I Guess That's Been Asked Of Every Writer. I Don't Know. It Isn't Any Massive Compulsion.

I Think Willa Cather Did A Short Story Called "paul's Case," And In It, When He Finally Commits Suicide, It Says, "he Surrendered To The Black Design Of Things." And That's What I Anticipate Death Will Be: A Totally Unconscious Void In Which You Float Through Eternity With No Particular Consciousness Of Anything. I Think Once Around Is Enough. I Don't Want To Start It All Over Again.

You Know, Writer Can Write About The Foreign Legion Without Ever Having Been In The Foreign Legion, But That Doesn't Necessarily Mean That What He's Written Doesn't Necessarily Reflect The Nature Of Him As An Individual - Or Her. Using The Male Gender Because It's Me Speaking. I Don't Mean To Put Down The Female.

Whenever You Write, Whatever You Write, Never Make The Mistake Of Assuming The Audience Is Any Less Intelligent Than You Are.

In Almost Everything I've Written There Is A Thread Of This: Man's Seemingly Palpable Need To Dislike Someone Other Than Himself.