A Chronicle Is Very Different From History

For A Jewish Puritan Of The Middle Class, The Novel Is Serious, The Novel Is Work, The Novel Is Conscientious Application Why, The Novel Is Practically The Retail Business All Over Again.

I Like All My Children, Even The Squat And Ugly Ones.

I Do Insist On Making What I Hope Is Sense So There's Always A Coherent Narrative Or Argument That The Reader Can Follow.

Occasionally A Student Writer Comes Up With Something Really Beautiful And Moving, And You Won't Know For Years If It Was An Accident Or The First Burst Of Something Wonderful.

History Is One Of Those Marvelous And Necessary Illusions We Have To Deal With. It's One Of The Ways Of Dealing With Our World With Impossible Generalities Which We Couldn't Live Without.