There's never any percentage in being ahead of your time.

One of the things that novels have tended not to concentrate on over the centuries is the fact that people read books.

I've had the odd good luck of starting slowly and building gradually, something few writers are allowed anymore. As a result I've seen each of my books called the breakthrough. And each was, in its way.

It was often this way, life consisted of a series of false beginnings, bluff declarations of arrival to destinations not even glimpsed.

When people call something "original," 9 out of 10 times they just don't know the references or original sources involved.

I'm not planning what I listen to, except when I think the music can guide me to some emotional place I want to be reminded of.

I don't have a lot of paper in my immediate work environment, except when I'm doing things like checking the godforsaken proofs.