All fiction for me is a kind of magic and trickery—a confidence trick, trying to make people believe something is true that isn't.


Paris Review (Autumn-Winter, 1957)


All fiction for me is a kind of magic and trickery—a confidence trick, trying to make people believe something is true that isn't.

All fiction for me is a kind of magic and trickery—a confidence trick, trying to make people believe something is true that isn't.

All fiction for me is a kind of magic and trickery—a confidence trick, trying to make people believe something is true that isn't.

All fiction for me is a kind of magic and trickery—a confidence trick, trying to make people believe something is true that isn't.