I regard writing not as an investigation of character but as an exercise in the use of language, and with this I am obsessed.


Paris Review (Summer–Fall, 1963)


I regard writing not as an investigation of character but as an exercise in the use of language, and with this I am obsessed.

I regard writing not as an investigation of character but as an exercise in the use of language, and with this I am obsessed.

I regard writing not as an investigation of character but as an exercise in the use of language, and with this I am obsessed.

I regard writing not as an investigation of character but as an exercise in the use of language, and with this I am obsessed.