If you're a writer, you have to be an egomaniac. You have to just believe in yourself, which is hard work.
James PurdyThere's the world of the newspapers. They believe that what is happening is happening, which is so naïve. Because they're the first to turn on that.
James PurdyThe public is totally illiterate in America. It can't read at all. It's absolutely insensitive to words.
James Purdy