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

Writing is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we see in the making all around us. In the end, writers will write not to be outlaw heroes of some underculture but mainly to save themselves, to survive as individuals.

I've always seen myself in sentences. I begin to recognize myself, word by word, as I work through a sentence.

Your brain has a trillion neurons and every neuron has ten thousand little dendrites. The system of inter-communication is awe-inspiring.

When my head is in the typewriter the last thing on my mind is some imaginary reader. I don't have an audience; I have a set of standards.

He speaks in your voice, American, and there's a shine in his eye that's halfway hopeful.

There are no amateurs in the world of children.