There's really nothing wrong with sentimentality... Nothing I wrote is sentimental.

The world is telling you through The New York Times and The New York Review of Books "You must shut up. You must never appear again. Because you are not relevant to us." So you have to fight their attempt to destroy you, fight to continue feeling.

I think fame is something that you've achieved in your inner self that becomes known to others outside you. There are really very few famous people in history.

The New York Times is the worst newspaper in the world and it's extremely vicious to artists.

There's really nothing wrong with sentimentality... Nothing I wrote is sentimental.

If you're a writer, you have to be an egomaniac. You have to just believe in yourself, which is hard work.

The worse the author, the more he is known.