It's the writer's job to stage confrontations, so the characters will say surprising and revealing things, and educate and entertain us all. If a writer can't or won't do that, he should withdraw from the trade.


Paris Review (Spring 1977)


It's the writer's job to stage confrontations, so the characters will say surprising and revealing things, and educate and entertain us all. If a...

It's the writer's job to stage confrontations, so the characters will say surprising and revealing things, and educate and entertain us all. If a...

It's the writer's job to stage confrontations, so the characters will say surprising and revealing things, and educate and entertain us all. If a...

It's the writer's job to stage confrontations, so the characters will say surprising and revealing things, and educate and entertain us all. If a...