“I'm not trying to please anyone. I'm just trying to write a damn book.”
“I cannot write to anyone outside myself--if I tried, it would be a horrible story, flat and lifeless. I write to myself. That's the only person I'm trying to please.”
“I'm not better than anyone, and I'm not trying to convince people to live by my standards of what's right. I'm trying to convince them to live by their own.”
“I'm not trying to box you in. I'm just trying to live with you.”
“I'm not trying to find and attain some sense of righteousness in my lifestyle. I'm just trying to live right.”
“I'm just trying to matter.”