And I find - I'm 63, and my capacity to be by myself and just spend time by myself hasn't diminished any. That's the necessary part of being a writer, you better like being alone.

We invent what we love and what we fear.

but writers, Garp knew, were just observers - good and ruthless imitators of human behavior.

I've always preferred writing in longhand. I've always written first drafts in longhand.

But I often think that so-called glamorous people are just very busy people.

Most places we leave in childhood grow less, not more, fancy.

If you feel so strongly about what's on television, don't have one.