I Remain A Fan Of My Friend

We've Been Hearing About The Death Of The Novel Ever Since The Day After Don Quixote Was Published.

"socialist" Is The Nastiest Thing You Can Say About An American Politician In Some Quarters.

I Think, When I'm Writing, I Have A More Clinical View Than I Do When I'm Reading. I Like Pretending To Be God And Basically Determining The Fate Of My Characters. But As A Reader, I'm A Sucker. I'm Very Sentimental. I Get Upset When People That I Like Die. And Yet I Have Killed Off Characters In My Books Quite Heartlessly, And Sometimes Found That Readers Were Very Upset By It.

There Aren't Many Shy Writers Left.

I'd Like To Have The Kind Of House Someday Where A Carousel Horse Wouldn't Be Out Of Place In The Living Room.