My attitudes have changed, but somebody would have to read all my books to find out how they have

The writer works in a lonely way.

Posterity makes the judgments. There are going to be a lot of surprises in store for everybody.

The romantic idea is that everybody around a writer must suffer for his talent. I think a writer is a citizen of humanity, part of his nation, part of his family. He may have to make some compromises.

People who light up like Roman candles come down in the dark very quickly.

I imagine that my characters have become much more complicated than when I first began, which would be normal

There are too many books I haven’t read, too many places I haven’t seen, too many memories I haven’t kept long enough.