We Are Never Prepared For What We

I Was Brought Up In The Great Tradition Of The Late Nineteenth Century: That A Writer Never Complains, Never Explains And Never Disdains.

You Have To Be Eligible For Luck To Strike, And I Think That's A Matter Of Education And Preparation, And Character And All The Other Solid Attributes That Sometimes People Laugh At.

The Sense Of Belonging Is One Of The Great Gifts Men Get In Battle.

The Job Of A Storyteller Is To Tell Stories, And I Have Concentrated On That Obligation.

Being Goal-oriented Instead Of Self-oriented Is Crucial. I Know So Many People Who Want To Be Writers. But Let Me Tell You, They Really Don't Want To Be Writers. They Want To Have Been Writers. They Wish They Had A Book In Print. They Don't Want To Go Through The Work Of Getting The Damn Book Out. There Is A Huge Difference.