I salute the National Book Foundation Board, who took a huge risk in giving this award to a man many people see as a rich hack. (from his acceptance speech for the National Book Foundation`s Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, 2003)
I know writers who claim not to read their notices, or not to be hurt by the bad ones if they do, and I actually believe two of these individuals. I`m one of the other kind - I obsess over the possibility of bad reviews and brood over them when they come....
I salute the National Book Foundation Board, who took a huge risk in giving this award to a man many people see as a rich hack. (from his acceptance speech for the National Book Foundation`s Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, 2003)
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