When I was very young, I used to share much of what I wrote with my family, but as I got older and more self-conscious, it became a much more private process.
“When you read any great mystery, recorded in holy Writ, you are to prostrate your Reason to Divine Revelation.”
“Even if I couldn't get my early novels published, I could still write. I went into newspapers, where I got paid to write every day. If there's a better school for would-be novelists, I don't know what it is.”