Do You Enjoy Writing?

INTERVIEWER

 

Do you enjoy writing?

DOS PASSOS

 

That depends. Sometimes I do, and sometimes I don't.

INTERVIEWER

 

What is its particular pleasure?

DOS PASSOS

 

Well, you get a great deal off your chest—emotions, impressions, opinions. Curiosity urges you on—the driving force. What is collected must be got rid of. That's one thing to be said about writing. There is a great sense of relief in a fat volume.