All in all, I would not have missed this century for the world.

I have never been particularly impressed by the self centered musings of my fellow writers.

I was born a writer. When that happens, you have no choice in the matter.

Writers who teach tend to prefer literary theory to literature and tenure to all else. Writers who do not teach prefer the contemplation of Careers to art of any kind.

That famous writer’s block is a myth as far as I’m concerned. I think bad writers must have a great difficulty writing. They don’t want to do it. They have become writers out of reasons of ambition. It must be a great strain to them to make marks on a page when they really have nothing much to say, and don’t enjoy doing it. I’m not so sure what I have to say but I certainly enjoy making sentences.

There are two things you never turn down: sex and appearing on television.

CO₂ emissions anywhere threaten civilisation everywhere.