I reach my readers regardless of what the critics have written
Every novelist has a different purpose-and often several purposes which might even be contradictory.
Writing for the theater, you find yourself living a nocturnal life
A writer is a human being. He has to live with a sense of honor.
No writer need feel sorry for himself if he writes and enjoys it, even if he doesn't get paid.
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.