And so the ordinary unendurable torments we all experienced were indeed exceptional in the way they were absorbed in each heart.

A new reader shouldn't be able to find you in your work, though someone who's read more may begin to.

There is no longer any such thing as fiction or nonfiction; there's only narrative.

Longing, the hope for fulfillment, is the one unwavering passion of the world's commerce.

Anyone at any age is able to tell the story of his or her life with authority.

I have committed many sins in my life. This precise sin-the sin against poets-is without absolution.

Dad is always hiding in his book.