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

I always had good students.

Oh, a bookshop. Why not pop in and buy a little Kant? And perhaps just a quarter-pound of Kafka. Don't bother to wrap it, thanks. I'll eat it here.

Let's look at what the books are that are being produced. More and more they are being made like movies. To sell. They are being tested out.

The best defense is a good story.

I love baseball. What I love about baseball is that you are always waiting.

History is beautiful stories or scary stories, yeah.