After all, the appeal to stop being yourself, even for a little while, is very great

It's hard for me to show work while I'm writing, because other people's comments will influence what happens.

Beauty alters the grain of reality.

I love the tradition of Dickens, where even the most minor walk-on characters are twitching and particular and alive.

I'm not sure whay I've been drawn to this subject, except that murder is a subject that has always drawn people for as long as people have been telling stories.

All those layers of silence upon silence.

Actually, I enjoy the process of writing a big long novel.