I Had Always Said To Myself That

Knowledge Is A Collective Enterprise. Without It Understanding Is Impossible. Ignorance Is Too Often A Murderous Vulnerability.

This Desert Town Was Man's Own Miracle Of Pure Purposelessness.

I Had Always Said To Myself That Forty Was The Cut Off Point Of My Apprenticeship Which May For Some People Sound Like A Very Long One, But The Novel As Art Is A Middle-aged Art.

The Kinds Of Good Friends I Have Are People Who Are Perfectly Willing To Have Me Say I'll See Them In Six Months, And Live Right Next Door.

I Remember How Surprised I Was When My First Novel Was About To Be Published And I Was Informed That I Could Be Sued For Anything Any One Of My Characters Said. 'but I Often Don't Agree With What They Say,' I Protested. The Lawyer Was Not Interested In The Clear Distinction I Make Between My Own Voice And The Voices Of My Characters. Neither, I Have Found, Are Many Of My Readers.