There's a place beyond words where experience first occurs to which I always want to return. I suspect that whenever I articulate my thoughts or translate my impulses into words, I am betraying the real thoughts and impulses which remain hidden.

I write for a certain sphere of readers in the United States who on average watch seven and a half hours of multichannel television per day.

Take whatever you can from others, and when there is nothing left, forget about them.

I was pushing myself to extremes in order to discover my many selves.

I don't fret over lost time - I can always use the situations in a novel.

There are many types of participation. One can observe so intensely that one becomes part of the action, but without being an active participant.

[Nabokov's] language is made visible . . . like a veil or transparent curtain. You cannot help seeing the curtain as you peek into the intimate rooms behind.