I reach my readers regardless of what the critics have written

A good editor understands what you're talking and writing about and doesn't meddle too much.

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.

My favorite short-story writer is John Cheever

You must avoid giving hostages to fortune, like getting an expensive wife, an expensive house, and a style of living that never lets you aford the time to take the chance to write what you wish.

All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.