No writer need feel sorry for himself if he writes and enjoys it, even if he doesn't get paid.

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

I imagine that my characters have become much more complicated than when I first began, which would be normal

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

Special-interest magazines are dangerous places for writers to start out in because the writing quickly falls into a routine and people are likely to find themselves artistically exhausted when they want to work on something of their own

A good editor understands what you're talking and writing about and doesn't meddle too much.

I look at everything. God gave me eyes and I look at women and men and subway excavations and moving pictures and the little flowers of the field. I casually inspect the universe.