I did have a feeling then that the culture of factuality was so dominating that storytelling had lost all its authority.

It may be that the most avid readers of new fiction in America today are film producers, an indication of the trouble were in.

Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.

The writer isn't made in a vacuum. Writers are witnesses. The reason we need writers is because we need witnesses to this terrifying century.

When you're working well, you don't do research. Whatever you need comes to you.

Children have a lot more to worry about from the parents who raised them than from the books they read.

I try to avoid experience if I can. Most experience is bad.