A novel is a printed circuit through which flows the force of a reader's own life.

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

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 have been everywhere because I don't know what I'm looking for.

So that individuation may be compared to a pyramid in that it is only achieved by the placement of the top stone… The Jews, Ford said. They ain't like anyone else I know. There goes you theory up shits creek. He smiled.

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

Planning to write is not writing.