Men often struggle with their attraction to other women. They don't quite understand why they have to be with the same woman forever.

I find that the creative side of my brain and the archival side of my brain don't work well together. When I've done my best work, I've been in a trance-like state.

I prefer to linger on the periphery before making a commitment.

When people have no interest in a subject, it's very hard to get them to laugh about it. If I had to write ten jokes about potholders, I don't think I could do it. But I could write ten jokes about Catholicism in the next twenty minutes.

I don't know what the universe is all about, but to me, nothing is gained by slapping a God sticker on it. It has never been a comfort to me to believe there's an all-seeing eye in the sky.

The most oblivious people are often the happiest.

As a writer you sometimes feel the need to shake things up.