Solitary, prolific, enjoying fitfully public acclaim, labouring more often in obscurity, he seeks to repossess American reality by penetrating its past, stripping its myths.

• 他性格孤独,创作多产,有时受到欢迎,但经常地是在无声无息中劳动着,他深入到美国过去的时代发掘着它的神话,寻求一个能重新占有美国的现实的途径。