And I don't want to begin something, I don't want to write that first sentence until all the important connections in the novel are known to me. As if the story has already taken place, and it's my responsibility to put it in the right order to tell it to you.
The mystique associated with the bomb, the role that scientists played in it, and its general importance could not fail to impress even a six-year old.
I think people have the wrong idea of 'Moby Dick' as this somber, boring thing.