When I am writing a novel I try not to read great prose stylists into which I will fall.

When I am writing a novel I try not to read great prose stylists into which I will fall.

I don't think I want to write a third book. But the more people talk to me about it, the more I think maybe I do.

Baseball is a game where you are always waiting, and then when something happens it's like turning a kaleidoscope when you were a kid.

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

I always had good students.

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.