I Haven't Stuck To Any Formula. Most

Every Novelist Has A Different Purpose-and Often Several Purposes Which Might Even Be Contradictory.

I Look At Everything. God Gave Me Eyes And I Look At Women And Men And Subway Excavations And Moving Pictures And The Little Flowers Of The Field. I Casually Inspect The Universe.

Special-interest Magazines Are Dangerous Places For Writers To Start Out In Because The Writing Quickly Falls Into A Routine And People Are Likely To Find Themselves Artistically Exhausted When They Want To Work On Something Of Their Own

Isaac Singer Was Born In Poland And Doesn't Write In English. Still, He's An American.

Writing Is Like A Contact Sport, Like Football. Why Do Kids Play Football? They Can Get Hurt On Any Play, Can't They? Yet They Can't Wait Until Saturday Comes Around So They Can Play On The High School Team, Or The College Team, And Get Smashed Around. Writing Is Like That. You Can Get Hurt, But You Enjoy It!