My great-grandfather was a self-taught man, and his library was extraordinary. I read the lot.

When a monkey nibbles on a weenis, it's funny in any language.

I love research so much that I do an enormous amount; it helps put off the moment of starting to write the story.

The job of a storyteller is to speak the truth. But what we feel most deeply can’t be spoken in words alone. At this level, only images connect. And here, story becomes symbol; symbol is myth. And myth is truth.

If you are going to write, nothing will stop you, and if you are not going to write, nothing will make you.

It's where I keep all my things. Get a lot of compliments on this. Plus it's not a purse, it's called a satchel. Indiana Jones wears one.

Im not supposed to be within two hundred feet of a school or a Chuck E. Cheese.