The novelist works neither to correct nor to condone, not at all to comfort, but to make what's told alive.

My main disappointment was always that a book had to end. And then what? But I don't think I was ever disappointed by the books. I must have been what any author would consider an ideal reader. I felt every pain and pleasure suffered or enjoyed by all the characters. Oh, but I identified!

it doesn t matter if it takes a long time getting there; the point is to have a destination.

The first act of insight is throw away the labels.

The excursion is the same when you go looking for your sorrow as when you go looking for your joy.

I like the feeling of being able to confront an experience and resolve it as art.

I'm a great reader that never has time to read.