Much of my writing is energized by unresolved memories - something like ghosts in the psychological sense.

We are stimulated to emotional response, not by works that confirm our sense of the world, but by works that challenge it.

. . . there is a wish in the heart of mankind to be distracted and confused. Truth is but one attraction, and not always the most powerful.

...[I am] utterly entranced, at times, with the mere fact that there are other people, and that they experience themselves as the primary center of consciousness just as I do. That fact alone...Well, that fact alone is staggering.

Most people who are writers go through periods when they can't write.

Truths are the last thing you learn about your family. By the time you learn, you're no longer their child.

Yes, I've listened to just a few audiobooks - but hope to listen to more. I've wanted to investigate how my own books sound in this format and find the experience of listening, and not reading, quite fascinating.