In The Theater, Characters Have

All Writers Are The Same - They Forget A Thousand Good Reviews And Remember One Bad One.

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!

When I Started Out In The Early 1930s, There Were A Great Many Magazines That Published Short Stories. Unfortunately, The Short-story Market Has Dwindled To Almost Nothing.

In America, We Have The Feeling Of The Doomed Young Artist. Fitzgerald Was The Great Example Of That.

An Absolutely Necessary Part Of A Writer's Equipment, Almost As Necessary As Talent, Is The Ability To Stand Up Under Punishment, Both The Punishment The World Hands Out And The Punishment He Inflicts Upon Himself.