It's often been said that I'm an extremely depressing, cynical writer. I've never known what to make of that.

Also minimalism is a term that all of us who share so little in common and who are lumped together as minimalists are not terribly happy with.

It's often been said that I'm an extremely depressing, cynical writer. I've never known what to make of that.

The admiration of another writer’s work is almost in inverse proportion to similarities in style.

You put a character out there and you're in their power. You're in trouble if they're in yours.

Clichés so often befall vain people.

Nobody can assume that, to a writer, everything is off-limits.