Murder, arson, adultery, drugging and drinking, cruel politics--reading a book crammed with such activities can make the timid and yearning among us feel like the happiest people in the world.

It's very important for a writer to be unnoticed, as quiet and unnoticed as possible.

I am slow. A sentence often takes an hour to compose before I throw it out. What can you do?

Murder, arson, adultery, drugging and drinking, cruel politics--reading a book crammed with such activities can make the timid and yearning among us feel like the happiest people in the world.