The continuous narrative of existence is a lie. There is no continuous narrative, there are lit-up moments, and the rest is dark.

I like to think the price I paid by being open about my private life helped.

I wanted to invent myself as a fictional character. And I did, and it has caused a great deal of confusion.

We have a generation of kids who may never see a bookshelf or never see books in houses. What are they going to think about books? How will books become meaningful in their lives except as yet another form of digitalized content? A book is not just digitalized content.

I've never been tempted by God but I like his trappings.

I had huge ambition for literature. I don't see the point of doing anything if you don't have ambition for it.

The truth is that love smashes into your life like an ice floe, and even if your heart is built like the Titanic you go down.