I had good innings, as the British say. I wrote for 38 years at the top of my form, and I wanted to quit on a high note.

Write as if you are dying.

The mind itself is an art object ... The mind is a blue guitar on which we improvise the song of the world.

I had good innings, as the British say. I wrote for 38 years at the top of my form, and I wanted to quit on a high note.

The creative process obtains in all creative acts. So if I'm painting suddenly I'll see something that I didn't see before.

There are no events but thoughts and the heart's hard turning, the heart's slow learning where to love and whom. The rest is merely gossip, and tales for other times.

The sensation of writing a book is the sensation of spinning, blinded by love and daring.