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.

It is possible to stand around with a cocktail in one's hand and talk with everyone, which means with no one.

[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.

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.

The things I write are for those who are willing to accept a new relationship between the reader and the author.

Photography was the first foreign language of my artistic expression.

Banks introduced the installment plan. The disappearance of cash and the coming of the credit card changed the shape of life in the United States.