"Difficult"?

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doktor at primenet.com wrote:
> 
> 1) I think that is was reported that when Pynchon was asked why his writing
> was so difficult, he responded by asking, "Why should things be easy to
> understand?"  
i read the same response to the same question, asked of donald
barthelme. the source was an introduction in a short story collection
for "the balloon," which i HIGHLY recommend. not sure if tp quoted db or
what.
ray