Being called a 'bad citizen' is a compliment to a novelist, at least to my mind. That's exactly what we ought to do.

Look past the violence. There is a wonderful brimming spirit of innocence and fun.

Not long ago, a novelist could believe he could have an effect on our consciousness of terror. Today, the men who shape and inflence human consciousness are the terrorists.

The question of dying becomes a wise reminder. It cures us of our innocence of the future.

I've got death inside me. It's just a question of whether or not I can outlive it.

There's a connection between the advances that are made in technology and the sense of primitive fear people develop in response to it.

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.