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

If Americans are to read something that is difficult, they will only do so supposing they will be admired for having done it.

As far as ideas about book design: I have plenty. But I also try and let people do their jobs.

I believe in discovering the love that exists and then trying to understand it. Not to invent a love and try to make it exist, but to find what does exist, and then to see what it is.

I have a different purpose in writing each novel. Some of them seem more similar than others, but the purposes are always different.

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

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