Why Pynchon keeps his trap shut

[David Morris]

Writers' only difference is that they can write.

David Morris

On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 9:53 PM Toby Levy <tobyglevy at gmail.com> wrote:

> From the notebooks of Dawn Powell, June 28, 1959
>
> writers "are an ignorant, hysterically egotistical, shamelessly toadying,
> envious lot who would do almost anything in the world -- even write a novel
> -- to avoid an honest day's work or escape a human responsibility. Any
> writer tempted to open his trap in public lets the news out."
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