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

I don't think that the writer is regarded as a freak by Americans

The last paragraph in which you tell what the story is about is almost always best left out.

Writing is like a contact sport, like football. You can get hurt, but you enjoy it.

In a novel, it's hard to keep track of everybody

I reach my readers regardless of what the critics have written

The writer works in a lonely way.