It's strange. You never start out life with the intention of becoming a bankrupt or an alcoholic or a cheat and a thief. Or a liar.

Don’t complain, don’t explain.

I think a little menace is fine to have in a story. For one thing, it's good for the circulation.

There's literary creation and literary business. When I first got something accepted, it gave my life a validation it didn't otherwise have.

Every great or even every very good writer makes the world over according to his own specifications.

We knew our days were numbered. We had fouled up our lives and we were getting ready for a shake-up.

The fiction Im most interested in has lines of reference to the real world.