It makes me think of those people who I have had the pleasure of sharing this wild journey, of experiencing moments of triumph and joy, as well as defeat and heartbreak, and everything in between. Some of them I knew forever and some for only a short time. Some I still know, some I don’t, and some are gone from this earth, but I still cherish them all. I was lucky to be here, and I still am.
“I would rather read genre fiction than what they call “Quality Lit.” Which is mostly what Knopf publishes, for example. I don’t want to use the word “elitist,” but it’s very narrow-minded — the kind of literary writing you find celebrated in the prizes, the Pulitzers, even the National Book Critics Circle, of which I used to be on the Board, and fought against. It’s recognized Literature with a capital L. So that’s another kind of thing that holds the genres apart: there’s this kind of thing that you’re supposed to write that I just don’t see any reason for writing.“
Ronald Sukenick