In America, we have the feeling of the doomed young artist. Fitzgerald was the great example of that.
In a novel, it's hard to keep track of everybody
The romantic idea is that everybody around a writer must suffer for his talent. I think a writer is a citizen of humanity, part of his nation, part of his family. He may have to make some compromises.
I cringe when critics say I'm a master of the popular novel. What's an unpopular novel?
Kennedy was a man who liked writers and even I got invited to the White House
My attitudes have changed, but somebody would have to read all my books to find out how they have