The tragedy of this world is that everyone is alone. For a life in the past cannot be shared with the present.
Alan LightmanIn this world, artists are joyous. Unpredictability is the life of their paintings, their music, their novels. They delight in events not forecasted, happenings without explanation, retrospective.
Alan LightmanAll writers have roots they draw from - travel, work, family. My roots are in science and it is fertile ground for fiction.
Alan LightmanThat's the fine balance of a fiction writer...to be able to give your characters enough freedom to surprise you and yet still maintain some kind of artistic control.
Alan Lightman