Someone dying asks if there is life after death. Yes, comes the answer, only not yours.

Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.

One of the things I had to learn as a writer was to trust the act of writing. To put myself in the position of writing to find out what I was writing.

We are able to walk on air, but only as long as our illusion supports us.

I've known several cases of writers who decide to write about something and they research the hell out of it and when they're ready to write, they can't move because they are so burdened. I start writing. Whatever I need somehow comes to hand.

We're always attracted to the edges of what we are, out by the edges where it's a little raw and nervy.

Whenever citizens are seen routinely as enemies of their own government, writers are rountinely seen to be the most dangerous enemies.