I begin with an image of some sort, just as if you saw something out of a window, and then went to the window to see what it was.

I don't read books for pleasure, but in desperation.

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

Americans are genuinely and profoundly anti-intellectual. They are especially so in their pleasure-seeking, which is epically banal.

Clarity is the most important thing to me - in thinking - and so I try in the books to be as clear as possible.

I'm confused, and brilliant books help me to be less so.

If he acts, if he doesn't, it's meaningless. The whole thing goes forward. No one is important. No one at all.