I marched and I protested against the war in Vietnam, along with many, many thousands of others. But I never quite understood the bombs that were placed in science labs or office buildings.

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.

One connection I see between novelists and terrorists is that we both attempt to alter consciousness.

Do people still shoot at presidents? I thought there were more stimulating targets.' (20)

There are no amateurs in the world of children.

What we are reluctant to touch often seems the very fabric of our salvation.

The true life is not reducible to words spoken or written, not by anyone, ever.