It is at the heart of our human enterprise, that is to say, at the heart of society, to allow consensus a power it ought not to have.

I'd say writing is easier for me now than it once was, but I do less of it.

The books turn out to be about things afterwards. I don't go into them with concepts, for the most part.

I like small books. I like durable books. I like plain books. I like small type and thin pages.

I want to say less, and it's easier to say less.

That would be the death of anyone - to recognize false hopes with a certainty. One mustn't know that. If it is offered, refuse!

The old man began to sing. His voice was very lovely and obviously a part of something that the world had disposed of in its haste, evidence of a grander, kinder past.