Because I don’t work with an outline, writing a story is like crossing a stream, now I’m on this rock, now I’m on this rock, now I’m on this rock.

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

When I lived in New York, not only did I have safety locks on the door but I had the music going, keeping the city at a distance, trying to find creative time and peace and so forth.

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

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

People forget years and remember moments.

Clichés so often befall vain people.