Everything becomes symbol and irony when you've been betrayed

Add anchovies to almost anything, in moderation, and it will taste better.

He insisted on a single trade secret: that you had to survive, find some quiet, and work hard every day.

There is a shabby nobility in failing all by yourself.

I envy those writers who outline their novels, who know where they're going. But I find writing is a process of discovery.

A creative writing program is only as good as its teachers, and I was fortunate in having two great writers as mentors.

I love to imagine inside the head of a woman.