Never use 'submit' as a verb for sending work to magazine or book publishers; say 'offer,' and never, ever submit. Keep your knees unbent. Be brave.

It's harder to get hold of the world. It's harder to understand the world, to encompass the literature necessary for the information.

I enjoy going to campuses and reading and doing a class or teaching and then running away and not having to grade papers.

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.

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

History is beautiful stories or scary stories, yeah.

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.