I haven't stuck to any formula. Most great writers stick to the same style, but I wanted to be more various

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

The great writers just kept bringing them out. They didn't care if they repeated themselves.

Ernest Hemingway did a great deal toward making the writer an acceptable public figure; obviously, he was no sissy.

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

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

My favorite short-story writer is John Cheever