We [fiction writers] are much more of a maze than we are a motorway. Things are always in flux, they're always in movement, they're always twisting back on each other. I think the straight line is such a lie.

It is not possible to control the outside of yourself until you have mastered your breathing space. It is not possible to change anything until you understand the substance you wish to change.

I think people deceive themselves about themselves, particularly as they get older.

What you risk reveals what you value.

I don't read reviews because by then it's too late - whatever anyone says, the book won't change. It is written.

Like all familiar objects, it had become invisible.

The only selfish life is a timid one.