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

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

I have a very basic notion of the structure the book might have - that's mostly it. The rest is luck and happenstance.

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

I'm clearer now in what I want to say, and I know better how to say just that.

I don't think anything needs to happen in a book.

Much of my work has been done in first person.