My memories pale as I prevail upon them again and again. They become more and more ghostly. I fear nothing so much as losing them altogether and having only my blank endless mind to live in.

The historian will tell you what happened. The novelist will tell you what it felt like.

I worry about images. Images are what things mean.

Movies are too literal.

Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader - not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon.

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.

I thought I would lose, so I didn't prepare a speech.