Writing Is Like A Contact Sport, Like

My Favorite Short-story Writer Is John Cheever

Every Novelist Has A Different Purpose-and Often Several Purposes Which Might Even Be Contradictory.

Special-interest Magazines Are Dangerous Places For Writers To Start Out In Because The Writing Quickly Falls Into A Routine And People Are Likely To Find Themselves Artistically Exhausted When They Want To Work On Something Of Their Own

I Imagine That My Characters Have Become Much More Complicated Than When I First Began, Which Would Be Normal

If You're Young Enough, Any Kind Of Writing You Do For A Short Period Of Time Is A Marvelous Apprenticeship.