An absolutely necessary part of a writer's equipment, almost as necessary as talent, is the ability to stand up under punishment, both the punishment the world hands out and the punishment he inflicts upon himself.

If football players were armed with guns, there wouldn't be stadiums large enough to hold the crowds.

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

In the theater, characters have to cut the umbilical cord from the writer and talk in their own voices

An absolutely necessary part of a writer's equipment, almost as necessary as talent, is the ability to stand up under punishment, both the punishment the world hands out and the punishment he inflicts upon himself.

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

Writers of fiction, when they begin, are more likely to try the short form