The Less There Was To See, The

He Wanted Paper And Something To Write With, Some Way To Sustain A Thought, To Place It In The World.

Off-camera Lives Are Unverifiable.

There Are No Amateurs In The World Of Children.

You Become A Serious Novelist By Living Long Enough.

History Was Not A Matter Of Missing Minutes On The Tape. I Did Not Stand Helpless Before It. I Hewed To The Texture Of Collected Knowledge, Took Faith From The Solid And Availing Stuff Of Our Experience. Even If We Believe That History Is A Workwheel Powered By Human Blood -- Read The Speeches Of Mussolini -- At Least We've Known The Thing Together. A Single Narrative Sweep, Not Ten Thousand Wisps Of Disinformation. (82)