I Think I'm Less The Writer Than

Given The World That He Created, It Would Be An Impiety Against God To Believe In Him.

I Would Be Far More Critical Than Any Reviewer Could Be Of My Own Work. So I Simply Don't Read Them.

How Flat All Sounds Are At The Seaside, Flat And Yet Emphatic, Like The Sound Of Gunshots Heard At A Distance.

All A Work Of Art Can Do Is Present The Surface. I Can't Know The Insides Of People. I Know Very Little About The Inside Of Myself.

If They Give Me The Bloody Prize, Why Can't They Say Nice Things About Me?