The real writer learns nothing from life. He is more like an oyster or a sponge.
Politically, of course, it's to the Right, but then the whole country is to the Right.
Altruism is a brief phase through which some adolescents must pass. It is rather like acne. Happily, as with acne, only a few are permanently scarred.
Having no talent is no longer enough.
Realism has always been called cynicism.
In America, the race goes to the loud, the solemn, the hustler. If you think you're a great writer, you must say that you are.