Writing Is Like A Contact Sport, Like

I Never Show Anything To Anybody Until I've Finished It

I Haven't Stuck To Any Formula. Most Great Writers Stick To The Same Style, But I Wanted To Be More Various

Horror Would Not Annoy A Soldier Any More Than The Sight Of A Hammer Annoys A Carpenter. It Is Sentimental To Pretend That Horror Is Not The Tool Of The Soldier, Just As The Hammer Is The Tool Of The Carpenter. We Live Off Death And The Threat Of Death And We Must Take It Calmly And Use It Well.... Eventually I Came To Enjoy Killing, As A Pianist Enjoys The Czerny Which Keeps His Fingers Limber For The Beethoven.

In America, We Have The Feeling Of The Doomed Young Artist. Fitzgerald Was The Great Example Of That.

Kennedy Was A Man Who Liked Writers And Even I Got Invited To The White House