The definition of genius, really, should be that that person can do what the rest of us have to learn how to do.

I think that anybody's craft is fascinating. A taxi driver talking about taxi driving is going to be very, very interesting.

I would say that writing, both the act of writing, and of course reading of other people's work is, for me, supreme joy.

Landing the airplane I think is the most difficult thing that I've every learned to do in my life.

I may be writing well, I may be writing poorly, but I enjoy the act of writing and sometimes when it turns out okay, I feel an elation that is incomparable.

When you're talking about the thing that is most important to someone, they're liable to feel something strong.

A good day's writing, when I turn off my computer after I know that I've written okay, or as well as I can write, that's a day well spent.