As always, I wonder if I'll get through the winter. Then when winter is over, I wonder about the summer. But that's because the system decided which author shall be commercially successful. As I said, the most vicious of them all is The New York Times, because it pretends to be literary and impartial, and it's really this opinionated, myopic, stupid giant of incompetence.
James PurdyThere are no manners left in America at all, because all you're doing is kicking the person next to you so that you can consume more, see more, and get more.
James PurdyThe New York Times is the worst newspaper in the world and it's extremely vicious to artists.
James PurdyIf you're a writer, you have to be an egomaniac. You have to just believe in yourself, which is hard work.
James Purdy