Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness. I don't think an artist can ever be happy.


The Paris Review, The Art of Fiction No. 9, Issue 9, Summer 1955


Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness. I don't think an artist can ever be happy.

Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness. I don't think an artist can ever be happy.

Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness. I don't think an artist can ever be happy.

Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness. I don't think an artist can ever be happy.