I would never tell anybody to get a divorce.

Women still get angry at me. I mean, men go after me sometimes, but most of the bad responses come from women.

I think American literature is in a tedious place, horrible place. I can't even engage with it.

I knew my motivations for going to each place and what I was looking for. If I don't do that then I generally don't write about my travels.

I like European and South American literature, but mostly I read nonfiction.

Most of what I do is for creative people - writers and painters and photographers - trying to work through creative problems.

A wild appreciation of men and women . . . who passionately and fearlessly and recklessly redefine romance. . . . The passionate creatures who refuse to play it safe and settle down now have an intelligent, like-minded advocate.