Good art is a form of prayer. It's a way to say what is not sayable.

It's hard to read real fiction. It takes time. It takes a sustained attention.

I love thrillers. I would even read certain science fiction, although I haven't been a devotee for many years.

There is a lack of context in contemporary education. And contemporary consideration - because we live in those interiorities so much. Especially young kids who live by surfing the Web.

The culture is with some rapidity fearing its imagination. I don't know why. Imagination is not of interest.

Nonfiction, for the most part, is facts, and it's "how I was mistreated. I was mistreated. Were you mistreated? Weren't we all mistreated?"

When you are writing a character, what the character says is obviously crucial. But what the character doesn't say is absolutely as important as his words.