Literature Is An Instrument Of

In 1952, I Had Gone To England On A Literary Pilgrimage, But What I Also Saw, Even At That Distance From The Blitz, Were Bombed-out Ruins And An Enervated Society, While The Continent Was Still, Psychologically, In The Grip Of Its Recent Atrocities.

I Read In Order To Write. I Read Out Of Obsession With Writing.

The Imagination Is A Species Of Knowledge, Knowledge That Can Take The Form Of Discovery.

To Be Any Sort Of Competent Writer One Must Keep One's Psychological Distance From The Supreme Artists.

Literature Is An Instrument Of A Culture, Not A Summary Of It.