Italics provide a wonderful advantage: you see, right away, that the words are in a rush. When something exists at a slant, you can't help but consider irony.
I think I write about things that are mysterious to me.
It's often been said that I'm an extremely depressing, cynical writer. I've never known what to make of that.
I don't even correct people when they mispronounce my name now.
People forget years and remember moments.
The admiration of another writer’s work is almost in inverse proportion to similarities in style.