My Heart Was Beating Like An Army

The Most Essential And Fundamental Aspect Of Culture Is The Study Of Literature, Since This Is An Education In How To Picture And Understand Human Situations.

The Very Madness Of The Scheme Protects It.

People Have Obsessions And Fears And Passions Which They Don't Admit To. I Think Every Character Is Interesting And Has Extremes. It's The Novelist Privilege To See How Odd Everyone Is.

Starting A Novel Is Opening A Door On A Misty Landscape; You Can Still See Very Little But You Can Smell The Earth And Feel The Wind Blowing.

We Are Such Inward Secret Creatures, That Inwardness Is The Most Amazing Thing About Us, Even More Amazing Than Our Reason.