Too much has been forgotten in the name of memory.

What you see is not what we see. What you see is distracted by memory, by being who you are, all this time, for all these years.

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.

And what's the point of waking up in the morning if you don't try to match the enormousness of the known forces in the world with something powerful in your own life?

I am not comfortable with abstract writing, stories that look like essays: you have to see, I need to see.

The less important you are in an office, the more they expect the happy smile.

A shrewd person would one day start a religion based on coincidence, if he hasn't already, and make a million.