The novel doesn't come into existence until certain methods of reproducing fiction come along.
DeLillo never seems committed to me to what he is writing. Very nice surfaces, but he's got nothing underneath.
My assignment is what every writer's assignment is: tell the truth of his own time.
Gertrude Stein really thought of Hemingway as frail. He almost married Stein.
Faulkner sat in our living room and read from Light in August. That was incredible.
I like that people who are not experts can not only understand but get engaged by my work. I like that Joe Paterno can read me. Bill Bradley.