No art is sunk in the self, but rather, in art the self becomes self-forgetful in order to meet the demands of the thing seen and the thing being made.

“Total non-retention has kept my education from being a burden to me.”

“Week before last I went to Wesleyan and read “A Good Man Is Hard to Find.” Afte…”

“Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out…”

“The writer operates at a peculiar crossroads where time and place and eternity …”