There is nothing "ordinary" about reality.

A man will reveal his true self, or so it seems, on the tennis court.

Art is the highest expression of the human spirit.

Why is humanism not the preeminent belief of humankind?

I turn down invitations to do things for money. I have almost no interest in making money. Actually, I've acquired a fair amount of money that I will never live to spend. So earning money, in a way, depresses me, because I feel it's just piling up.

I don't feel I write fast. I write in longhand and do so much revision. On the page, it's so old-fashioned. I could write a whole novel on scrap paper, scribbles and things. I keep looking at it and something develops. For me, using a word processor would mean staring at a screen for too many hours.

Only when you have completed a novel, or a story, can you return to the beginning and revise or rewrite.