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

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

I don't think that I can be settled and I don't think that I would ever want to be.

My belief that the publishing industry is run by prigs and cowards dates back to many years before I even had the idea for the book.

I don't think that if I had spent the time that I was in, say, Belgrade, writing about my time in Trieste, which is where I had just been, that would have been productive. I told myself: take extensive notes while you're there, do the research part of it, and then pray, pray, the muses will be available when the actual 'ready' happens.

I don't tell clients what to do. I don't even really tell them what the future is.

American culture never necessarily made sense to me, but they should warn you: leaving comes with a huge sense of alienation that never goes away.