Writers in a profit making economy are an exploitable commodity whose works are products to be marketed, and are so judged and handled.

Writers in a profit making economy are an exploitable commodity whose works are products to be marketed, and are so judged and handled.

The clock talked loud. I threw it away, it scared me what it talked.

I know that I haven’t powers enough to divide myself into one who earns and one who creates.

Not to have an audience is a kind of death.

It's hard for me to talk about the terrible things that have happened in my lifetime because they didn't need to be.

Think about all that we've lost that has been said orally because nobody was taking it down. I feel very fortunate to live in a time where we have so many different voices. We have a much richer literature than we've ever had, and we can know America so much better.