Art doesn't exist if you just do what you're told. It only exists as an exercise of individual taste and freedom.

Not every novel that wants to be a tragedy gets to be one.

Before I write a novel, images float around in my head that work like icons - they are meaningless in themselves, but serve as reminders.

I learned why 'out riding alone' is an oxymoron: An equestrian is never alone, is always sensing the other being, the mysterious but also understandable living being that is the horse.

English majors understand human nature better than economists do.

everything is toxic. That's the point. You can't avoid toxins. Thinking you can is just another symptom of the toxic overload stage.

With preference came point of view; with point of view, personality; with personality, uniqueness; with uniqueness, grief.