I don't think anyone wants a reader to be completely lost - certainly not to the point of giving up - but there's something to be said for a book that isn't instantly disposable, that rewards a second reading.

I'm very happy that the New York Times has spoken well of my stuff; who wouldn't be? But it's not a choice I made.

We're not lost. We're locationally challenged

There are people who believe in an absolutely transparent prose; with every respect for clarity of expression, I don't.

Sometimes the reader will decide something else than the author's intent; this is certainly true of attempts to empirically decipher reality.

We're all living on borrowed time. The trick is to come up with works of sufficient interest to pay off the debt.

At one point I intended to write precursor and sequel novels, about the establishment of the Web and its next evolution, but I am very unlikely to now; they would take place in a different universe.