Terror is now the world narrative, unquestionably. When those two buildings were struck, and when they collapsed, it was, in effect, an extraordinary blow to consciousness, and it changed everything.

I think more than writers, the major influences on me have been European movies, jazz, and Abstract Expressionism.

Too much has been forgotten in the name of memory.

Eye contact was a delicate matter. A quarter second of a shared glance was a violation of agreements that made the city operational.

Writing is a concentrated form of thinking.

I watch movies occasionally, and I watch documentaries. Virtually nothing else.

These are the days after. Everything now is measured by after.