Curiously, The United States Is

I Cringe When Critics Say I'm A Master Of The Popular Novel. What's An Unpopular Novel?

Posterity Makes The Judgments. There Are Going To Be A Lot Of Surprises In Store For Everybody.

Writing Is Like A Contact Sport, Like Football. Why Do Kids Play Football? They Can Get Hurt On Any Play, Can't They? Yet They Can't Wait Until Saturday Comes Around So They Can Play On The High School Team, Or The College Team, And Get Smashed Around. Writing Is Like That. You Can Get Hurt, But You Enjoy It!

I'm Not As Hopeful As I Was When I Was Young

The Last Paragraph In Which You Tell What The Story Is About Is Almost Always Best Left Out.