When I went to college I took a creative writing class and decided in a week to be a writer.

Post-modernism is dead because it didn't address human needs.

Everybody has a world, and that world is completely hidden until we begin to inquire. As soon as we do, that entire world opens to us and yields itself. And you see how full and complex it is.

I think you have an obligation to share what you know as a writer.

My book is traditional. It runs counter to the post-modern spirit.

What some people interpret as brooding melancholy is serenity. I don't feel required to grasp all the time.

I know you'll think this is crazy, but all I want to do is hold you, and I think that if you'll let me do that just for a few seconds, I can walk away, and never speak to you again.