Never confuse faith, or belief — of any kind — with something even remotely intellectual.

When I feel like being a director, I write a novel.

What is hardest to accept about the passage of time is that the people who once mattered the most to us wind up in parentheses.

Just because you're sober, don't think you're a good driver, Cookie.

The ability to see the future can be a burden, and the younger you are and the more isolated you feel, maybe the more of a burden it is.

The way you define yourself as a writer is that you write every time you have a free minute. If you didn't behave that way you would never do anything.

There's no reason you should write any novel quickly.