Writing A Novel Is Like Driving A

I Am Led To The Proposition That There Is No Fiction Or Nonfiction As We Commonly Understand The Distinction: There Is Only Narrative.

A Writer's Life Is So Hazardous That Anything He Does Is Bad For Him. Anything That Happens To Him Is Bad: Failure's Bad, Success Is Bad; Impoverishment Is Bad, Money Is Very, Very Bad. Nothing Good Can Happen... Except The Act Of Writing.

Poems Have Ideas. The Ideas Of Poems Come Out Of Their Emotions And Their Emotions Are Carried On Images.

Longing, The Hope For Fulfillment, Is The One Unwavering Passion Of The World's Commerce.

When I'm Writing, I Like To Seal Everything Off And Face The Wall, Not To Look Outside The Window. The Only Way Out Is Through The Sentences.