There's a general impulse to distract the grieving person - as if you could.

We are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not.

When I'm working on a book, I constantly retype my own sentences. Every day I go back to page one and just retype what I have. It gets me into a rhythm.

Only the dying man can tell how much time he has left.

Writing is the act of saying "I," of imposing oneself upon other people, of saying "listen to me, see it my way, change your mind."

I work every day. Sometimes I don't accomplish anything every day, but if I don't work every day, I get depressed and get afraid to start again. So I do something every day.

When the ground starts moving, all bets are off.