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There is good and mediocre writing within every genre.

Any writer worth the name is always getting into one thing or getting out of another thing.

Even the people who have had success and made money writing these books of fiction seem to feel the need to pretend it's no big deal, or part of a natural progression from poetry to fiction, but often it's really just about the money, the perceived prestige.

I think it would be a shame for any writer to let their publishers in any way corral them into a single genre.

It's never really easy to be successful as a writer when you're trying to write literary fiction. You've already limited your readership limited by that choice.

All fiction becomes autobiographical when the author has true talent.

If we lose sight of the fact that writing is entertainment, then writing is doomed.

I always had good recognition from the Southern writers, but the publishers never took any notice of that.

You cannot predict literary success; the only way you can possibly aim for it is to do your thing and do it well.

Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent.