I Don't Have Any Of The Modern

I Don’t Think Writers Compete, I Think They’re All Doing Separate Things In Their Own Style.

Skip The Boring Parts.

At The Time I Begin Writing A Novel, The Last Thing I Want To Do Is Follow A Plot Outline. To Know Too Much At The Start Takes The Pleasure Out Of Discovering What The Book Is About.

I Left Advertising As Fast As I Could In 1961. And I Haven't Ever Thought About Going Back.

I'm Very Much Aware In The Writing Of Dialogue, Or Even In The Narrative Too, Of A Rhythm. There Has To Be A Rhythm With It … Interviewers Have Said, You Like Jazz, Don’t You? Because We Can Hear It In Your Writing. And I Thought That Was A Compliment.