Savor the imminent weirdness of the day.

[T]he astonishing purity of pain, how it will not be mixed with any other sensation.

A novel is not a summary of its plot but a collection of instances, of luminous specific details that take us in the direction of the unsaid and unseen.

Savor the imminent weirdness of the day.

You think that what I've told you is an anecdote. But really it isn't. It's my whole life. It's the only story I have.

Forget art. Put your trust in ice cream.

I feel quite at home writing short stories but nervous and anxious when writing novels, as if the bad time of consecutive failures might arise again.