Genre is a minimum security prison.

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

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.

Story seems to say that everything happens for a reason and I want to say, No, it doesn’t.

If I'm reading a book and it seems truly interesting, I tend to start reading back to front in order not to be too deeply under the sway of progress.

Genre is a minimum security prison.