Writing Is Just Work-there's No Secret. If

I Have Faith In Faith, I Have Reverence For All True Reverence.

Every Compulsion Is Put Upon Writers To Become Safe, Polite, Obedient, And Sterile.

Intellectually I Know That America Is No Better Than Any Other Country; Emotionally I Know She Is Better Than Every Other Country.

Writers Have A Rare Power Not Given To Anyone Else: We Can Bore People Long After We Are Dead.

Every Compulsion Is Put Upon Writers To Become Safe, Polite, Obedient, And Sterile. In Protest, I Declined Election To The National Institute Of Arts And Letters Some Years Ago, And Now I Must Decline The Pulitzer Prize.