Change itself is what fascinates me. I am drawn, as a moth to the flame, by edge situations, by situations of metamorphosis.

And I think that's important, to know how the water's gone over the dam before you start to describe it. It helps to have been over the dam yourself.

In a rough way the short story writer is to the novelist as a cabinetmaker is to a house carpenter.

I find it satisfying and intellectually stimulating to work with the intensity, brevity, balance and word play of the short story.

You know, one of the tragedies of real life is that there is no background music.

Change itself is what fascinates me. I am drawn, as a moth to the flame, by edge situations, by situations of metamorphosis.

What we fear we often rage against.