With relatively few exceptions, the novel sacrifices too much, for me, on the altar of plot.

The absence of plot leaves the reader room to think about other things.

With relatively few exceptions, the novel sacrifices too much, for me, on the altar of plot.

To me, the moment you're talking about nonfiction you're talking about reality.

A book should either allow us to escape existence or teach us how to endure it.

Genre is a minimum security prison.

Anything processed by memory is fiction.