Kennedy was a man who liked writers and even I got invited to the White House
No writer need feel sorry for himself if he writes and enjoys it, even if he doesn't get paid.
Writing is like a contact sport, like football. You can get hurt, but you enjoy it.
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.
Writers of fiction, when they begin, are more likely to try the short form
I don't think that the writer is regarded as a freak by Americans