The computer is the way I'm making books, but I still think about the physical properties. I visualize the length of a book, the proportions of a book, in material terms.

There's something about the rhythms of language that correspond to the rhythms of our own bodies.

I work on a laptop specifically so I can work in cafes and pretend I'm part of the human world.

However appalling to consider, however tedious to enact, every novel requires furniture, whether it is to be named or unnamed, for the characters will be unable to remain in standing position for the duration of the story.

What's lucky about my career in general is that I stumbled into what every writer most wants. Not repeating myself and doing strange things has become my trademark.

What's beautiful about art is that it circumscribes a space, a physical and mental space. If you try to put the entire world into every page, you turn out chaos.

Fantastic writing in English is kind of disreputable, but fantastic writing in translation is the summit.