By and large, serious fiction was the work of victims who portrayed victims for an audience of victims who, it was oddly assumed, would want to see their lives realistically portrayed.
Anybody, at any time, may equally find himself victim or executioner.
Write what you think, what you imagine, what you suspect!
I was born a writer. When that happens, you have no choice in the matter.
I'd like to see a revival of state legislatures, in which I am a true Jeffersonian.
The fool is often oblivious of his own gaucherie.