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

Writers have problems writing sex scenes, because writing one really well is pornography.

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.

Designer clothes worn by children are like snowsuits worn by adults. Few can carry it off successfully.

Bread that must be sliced with an axe is bread that is too nourishing.

My dream writing room would be the Imperial Library in Vienna.

I drove a cab. But all the girls I knew when I was young who had to work - there were rich girls - but the ones who had to work were waitresses. Because you could always get shifts in a restaurant.