A white person was by definition somebody. Other people needed, across their hearts, one steel rib.

That there should be a purpose to suffering, that a person should be chosen for it, special - these are houses of the mind, in which whole peoples have found shelter.

I think that there is a bias in the current literary climate, which is not only very Western but very male.

... there is ... a big aspect of play in writing novels, and making the story more and more elaborate is just more and more fun.

These are ideas that work for many, and that may well reflect your true understanding of life.

For students who are in the most creative group in America to somehow be presumed to be narrow is just completely meshugga.

A white person was by definition somebody. Other people needed, across their hearts, one steel rib.