I would never write in response to what I believe the public wanted or needed.

When birds look into houses, what impossible worlds they see.

For most people, there are only two places in the world. Where they live and their TV set. If a thing happens on television, we have every right to find it fascinating, whatever it is.

He thinks he's happy but it's just a nerve cell in his brain that's getting too much stimulation or too little stimulation.

If an idea seems to find its way towards a stage setting, that's the direction I take. I don't know if I'm trying to achieve anything other than to follow an idea on to the page.

Fear is self-awareness raised to a higher level.

In a repressive society, a writer can be deeply influential, but in a society that's filled with glut and repetition and endless consumption, the act of terror may be the only meaningful act.