Your First Duty As A Writer Is

I May Attempt A Novel. I Think That No Matter What You Write, It Requires Being Honest With Oneself, And You Have To Pull Yourself Out Of The Whirlwind Of Daily Life.

When You Believe You Have A Future, You Think In Terms Of Generations And Years. When You Do Not, You Live Not Just By The Day — But By The Minute.

Almost All People Have This Potential For Evil, Which Would Be Unleashed Only Under Certain Dangerous Social Circumstances.

It's Much More Difficult To Work On A Broad Subject Than On A Specific One, Because Even If It's Hard To Find The Information, If You Look Hard Enough For Something Specific You Will Find It, And You Will Discover Things That You Wouldn't Have Thought Of Before.

When The Chinese First Came To San Francisco, They Were Actually Welcomed By The Mayor And They Had Special Ceremonies For Them-again This Is When Their Colony Was Very Small, Only A Few Chinese.