American literature had always considered writing a very serious matter

Titles are not only important, they are essential for me. I cannot write without a title

I don't much believe in the idea of characters. I write with words, that is all. Whether those words are put in the mouth of this or that character does not matter to me

What I do believe is that there is always a relationship between writing and reading, a constant interplay between the writer on the one hand and the reader on the other

Dialogue in fiction is always written to be read in silence. The page is the limit. Dialogue on stage and on the screen is meant to be spoken. The voice is the limit.

I was able to read a movie before I was able to read a book

Many of my books have begun with the title, because naming a work already in progress makes no sense to me.