I'm not as hopeful as I was when I was young
I cringe when critics say I'm a master of the popular novel. What's an unpopular novel?
Isaac Singer was born in Poland and doesn't write in English. Still, he's an American.
Kennedy was a man who liked writers and even I got invited to the White House
In Europe, a writer is supposed to improve up until he's about 75
When I started out in the early 1930s, there were a great many magazines that published short stories. Unfortunately, the short-story market has dwindled to almost nothing.