Nixon was a Southern Rim President, and so antipathetic to the old guard.

No one reads novels anymore. And I don't see the situation improving. People prefer video games, reality TV, and films. There are so many reasons now not to read novels.

Baum (Writer of THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ) was a true educator, and those who read his Oz books are often made what they were not-imaginative , tolerant, alert to wonders, life.

Writing fiction has become a priestly business in countries that have lost their faith.

Ideally, the writer needs no audience other than the few who understand that it is immodest and greedy to want more.

Americans are not only a less homogenous population than we were when we were 3 million ex-colonists, but we're less educated. On top of that, we have constant misinformation and manipulation by media.

Always a godfather, never a god.