You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer

Isaac Singer was born in Poland and doesn't write in English. Still, he's an American.

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

You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer

Writing for the theater, you find yourself living a nocturnal life

All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.

In a novel, it's hard to keep track of everybody