This is my job, my livelihood: the health and the well-being of the publishing industry. We're all responsible for this.

Updike and Bellow and Roth were my three favorite writers when I was young and throughout my life.

Sometimes if there's a book you really want to read, you have to write it yourself.

You should not have assault rifles in your home.

I craft everything in the beginning. I know where the characters are going before I start writing the book.

I don't really do anything with the Internet except check my email. I have a much higher opinion of humanity because of that.

My novels are very much the same, as I think many people's novels are.