I always want everything read in one sitting. If they can't read it in one sitting, you're going to lose the rhythm of it. You're going to lose the shape of it.

It's hard to find a book that's safe to write. Because one always goes to dark or difficult places.

Do not whine... Do not complain. Work harder. Spend more time alone.

I use an IBM Thinkpad. I just use it like a typewriter, but when I started using it in 1987, I thought I won't be able to write anymore, so I thought I'd go back to the typewriter. But you couldn't go back to the typewriter after using the computer.

I was no longer, if I had ever been, afraid to die: I was now afraid not to die.

The ability to think for one's self depends upon one's mastery of the language.

We imagine things — that we wouldn't be able to survive, but in fact, we do survive. ... We have no choice, so we do it.