People don't expect too much from literature. They just want to know they're not alone with being confused.

I don't like to publicly acknowledge being a Jew.

I am part of a vast generation of people who perpetually live as if they just graduated from college.

There are so many talented young writers named Jonathan, with whom by comparison I suffer terribly.

It's hard for me to think of writing a novel, because it takes so long.

There's no shortage of material in life.

I don't really know the person who wrote the things I wrote. I kind of know him, but I change so much all the time that it's like I start fresh over and over and over and over. Writing-wise and life-wise.