No blame should attach to telling the truth. But it does, it does.
Great writers are the saints for the godless.
I suppose what one wants really is ideal company and books are ideal company.
Real love is a pilgrimage. It happens when there is no strategy, but it is very rare because most people are strategists.
Writing novels preserves you in a state of innocence - a lot passes you by - simply because your attention is otherwise diverted.
The evening passes somehow; I watch television with Nancy, or I write. It is difficult, not having a family, and it is difficult to explain. I always go to bed early. And I am always ready for Monday morning, that time that other people dread.