Taste ... Is A Matter Of Taste

A Creative Writing Program Is Only As Good As Its Teachers, And I Was Fortunate In Having Two Great Writers As Mentors.

I Envy Those Writers Who Outline Their Novels, Who Know Where They're Going. But I Find Writing Is A Process Of Discovery.

If Being A Spokesman For A Generation Is A Fleeting Occupation, Being A Symbol Of An Era Is Downright Dangerous For Anyone Who Has The Bad Luck To Outlive It.

It's The Cynics Who Never Get Married.

I Realized That I Might Not Ever Make It As A Writer, That It Might Be Because I Wasn't Good Enough, Or That It Might Be Because The Odds Were Just Too Long.