I am thankful, of course, for the prize and thankful to God for each story, each idea, each word, each day.

We must believe in free will - we have no choice.

A good writer is basically a story teller, not a scholar or a redeemer of mankind.

I did not become a vegetarian for my health, I did it for the health of the chickens.

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.

There is no death. How can there be death if everything is part of the Godhead? The soul never dies and the body is never really alive.

One has to trust that God knows how to manage the world.