The novel has always been the form that incorporates other forms. For me, it has always been the ultimate medium.

My favorite sports novel is End Zone by Delillo. It's such a great looking book too, the black cover with the football player on it. It's just a fantastic little book.

You don't have to even see the common man anymore if you don't want to! Only through the telescope on your yacht.

To my parents, writing seemed precarious and not the best idea.

I feel like every time I start up, it's like a truck you have to get into 15th gear, so you very solely crank into that mental space where you feel really immersed in the world of the book and then you can just kind of go.

A lot of my close friends had tolerantly washed their hands of the whole idea of me writing a book. They had said to themselves, "I don't know what he's doing."

Tall people have a real advantage in the world.