There are men who would do anything, asleep, and I'm not sure what stops them when they wake. I do not know how they draw the line.

There are men who would do anything, asleep, and I'm not sure what stops them when they wake. I do not know how they draw the line.

Nothing had happened yet in my life except the need to get out of it.

And, in fact, this is the tale that I would love to write: history is such a romantic place, with its jarveys and urchins and side-buttoned boots. If it would just stay still, I think, and settle down. If it would just stop sliding around in my head.

I do not believe in evil- I believe that we are human and fallible, that we things and spoil them in an ordinary way.

I think writers worry that you might not exist in some strange way if you're not writing.

People whose lives are upside down often read fiction. When you're not sure where you'll end up or how you are going to be, and you're looking for some way forward, fiction is a great friend.