The main thing about the novel that is totally fascinating: It's not possessed by the writer; it's possessed by the reader.

The main thing about the novel that is totally fascinating: It's not possessed by the writer; it's possessed by the reader.

Sinclair Lewis may be ripe for a revival; his books raise several interesting issues of art and fashion.

With any novel that you begin, you can't foresee how difficult or easy it's going to be, and you can't really prepare yourself. You just have a take it one step at a time and know that it's all right to keep going - you can always fix it.

My great fear is not that I'll run out of ideas. It's that I'll run out of time.

One of the things that Ivar knew about Mrs. Walker was that she would only tell him what she knew if he asked the right question, so he spent a portion of his time meditating over what he might ask Mrs. Walker and how he might phrase the question.

Most of my childhood revolved around wondering when we would be blown up by the Russians. I couldn't stand the news, I knew that if the missile were launched, mortality would arrive in half an hour, so I spent a lot of my childhood feeling that I was 30 minutes from being dead.