...never have I subscribed to the doctrine of willful rejection of the world or its visual image. To the non-objectivist this act of impiety may be shockingly impure, but God, I have no desire to be either hollow or sterile.
It's not a good idea to put your wife into a novel; not your latest wife anyway.
We have an absolute right in a democracy to argue about a war.
You're gambling with something vital. Most writers get smashed egos.
Culture is worth a little risk.
Dying can't be all that difficult-up to now everyone has managed to do it.