If You Write Beautifully, You Write Beautifully,

If You're Really A Good Writer And Deserve That Honored Position, Then By God, You'll Write, And You'll Be Read, And You'll Be Produced Somehow. It Just Works That Way. If You're Just A Simple Ordinary Day-to-day Craftsman, No Different Than Most, Then The Likelihood Is That You Probably Won't Make It In Writing.

Personally, My Daughter's Wedding Gave Me A Tremendous Pleasure. And The Wedding Was A Radiant Event And I Enjoyed It. I Was Afraid I'd Cry. I'm Given To Crying At Odd Times, And I Was Very Much Afraid Of The Emotionalism Of That Moment, But I Didn't Even Come Close To Crying.

I Don't Believe In Reincarnation. That's A Cop-out. . . . I Anticipate Death Will Be A Totally Unconscious Void In Which You Float Through Eternity With No Particular Consciousness Of Anything.

Every Writer Is A Frustrated Actor Who Recites His Lines In The Hidden Auditorium Of His Skull.

I'm A Western-cultured Man Who Subscribes To The Ancient Saw That Men Do Not Cry, I Don't Cry Either. I'll Go To A Movie, For Example, And Not Infrequently Something Triggers The Urge To Weep, But I Don't Allow Myself.