“Research" is a wonderful word for writers. It serves as excuse for EVERYTHING”
“Occasionally words must serve to veil the facts. But let this happen in such a way that no one become aware of it; or, if it should be noticed, excuses must be at hand to be produced immediately.”
“Everything is research.”
“A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.”
“Writers write. Everyone else makes excuses.”
“Why does the writer write? The writer writes to serve--hopelessly he writes in the hope that he might serve--not himself and not others, but that great cold elemental grace that knows us.”