I don't like to read nonfiction. To me, fact is something I can look up.

I hate writing. I will do anything to avoid it. The only way I could write less was if I was dead.

There are too many books. The books are terrible. And this is because you have been taught to have self-esteem.

Contrary to what many of you may imagine, a career in letters is not without its drawbacks - chief among them the unpleasant fact that one is frequently called upon to sit down and write.

Scientists - the crowd that for dash and style make the general public look like the Bloomsbury set.

There's too much democracy in the culture, not enough in the society.

I've never seen the Kardashians; I'm not sure who they are. But I know a lot about them because it's impossible not to.