A Man Rising In The World Is

A Man Rising In The World Is Not Concerned With History; He Is Too Busy Making It. But A Citizen With A Fixed Place In The Community Wants To Acquire A Glorious Past Just As He Acquires Antique Furniture. By That Past He Is Reassured Of His Present Importance; In It He Finds Strength To Face The Dangers That Lie In Front Of Him.

Any Fiction Should Be A Story. In Any Story There Are Three Elements: Persons, A Situation, And The Fact That In The End Something Has Changed. If Nothing Has Changed, It Isn't A Story.

First New York Was A Sort Of Provincial Capital, Bigger And Richer Than Manchester Or Marseilles, But Not Much Different In Its Essential Spirit. Then, After The War, It Became One Among Half A Dozen World Cities. Today It Has The Appearance Of Standing Alone, As The Center Of Culture In The Part Of The World That Still Tries To Be Civilized.

It Is The Fear Of Being As Dependent As A Young Child, While Not Being Loved As A Child Is Loved, But Merely Being Kept Alive Against One's Will.

Be Kind And Considerate With Your Criticism... It's Just As Hard To Write A Bad Book As It Is To Write A Good Book.