There is no plan. All is hazard. And the only thing that will preserve us is ourselves.

Wolves don't hunt singly, but always in pairs. The lone wolf was a myth.

I am infinitely strange to myself.

All novelists should live in two different worlds: a real one and an unreal one.

You're not me. You can't feel like I feel." "I can feel." "No you can't. You just choose not to feel or something and everything's fine." "It's not fine. It's just not so bad.

There are many reasons why novelists write, but they all have one thing in common - a need to create an alternative world.

The best wines take the longest to mature.