Today I must write a paragraph or a page better than I did yesterday.

I wanted to be a writer. I wanted to say something about home.

He told us that most of us would die violently, and those who did not would be brought down to the level of beasts.

I had to see and feel and be with the thing that I wanted to write about.

I write to try to find out who I am. One of my main themes is manliness. I think I'm trying to figure out what manliness really is.

I think I'm a very religious person. I think I believe in God as much as any man does. I don't only believe in God, I know there's God.

I write with as much objectivity as I can.