In many ways, astrology, numerology and palmistry are corruptions of the occult because they have attempted to make a practice out of something that is essentially imaginative.

But if we have people who have the power to tell a story, there will always be readers.

Some of my cronies call me a pessimist and a decadent, but there is always a background of faith behind resignation.

When literature becomes overly erudite, it means that interest in the art has gone and curiosity about the artist is what's important. It becomes a kind of idolatry.

I believe in God but people are liars. It's those people who say they are appointed by God who I don't believe in.

Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression. The chasm is never completely bridged. We all have the conviction, perhaps illusory, that we have much more to say than appears on the paper.

Children read books, not reviews. They don't give a hoot about critics.