Vegetables are interesting but lack a sense of purpose when unaccompanied by a good cut of meat.

Any artist who has that quality of timelessness has that quality because they tell the truth.

When I'm supposed to be writing I clean my apartment, take my clothes to the laundry, get organized, make lists, do the dishes. I would never do a dish unless I had to write.

No one I knew talked about money. It's not an area of interest.

I just write when fear overtakes me.

When it comes to sports I am not particularly interested. Generally speaking, I look upon them as dangerous and tiring activities performed by people with whom I share nothing except the right to trial by jury.

If you read a lot, nothing is as great as you've imagined. Venice is - Venice is better.