I'm trying to give people an idea of what black looks like and what white looks like before I introduce them to gray.

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

A man was the sum of his limits; freedom only made him see how much so.

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

The independents are the ones who tend to commit suicide. I'm not against this way of being in the world. Individuals have brought us many treasures. You can't just say that's a bad way of being in the world - it's not. But it's not everyone's way of being in the world.

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

I like to listen. I'm much more interested in listening than in speaking, for sure.