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

I never drink while I'm working, but after a few glasses I get ideas that would never have occurred to me dead sober.

In America, we have the feeling of the doomed young artist. Fitzgerald was the great example of that.

Writing is finally play, and there's no reason why you should get paid for playing

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

At the height of the McCarthy period, writers were being hounded.

In Europe, a writer is supposed to improve up until he's about 75