Solitary, prolific, enjoying fitfully public acclaim, laboring 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。