I'm not a sociologist, and the novel has often concerned itself with sociology. It's one of the generating forces that's made fiction interesting to people. But that's not my concern. I'm interested in psychology. And also certain philosophical questions about the world.

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

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

Nature, or at least birds and women, abhorred the invisible man.

My heart, to put it more simply, got nostalgic for the present. Always a bad sign.

I'm gregarious with writers and never with manuscripts . . . I [like to] create the illusion of seamless perfection, so I alone know the flawed homely process along the way.

Anyone could see it all coming and no one could possibly stop it and that was the beautiful thing. Friday night was open wide and writ in stone