Flying fosters fantasies of childhood, of omnipotence, rapid shifts of being, miraculous moments; it stirs our capacity for dreaming.

If I'm writing, I'll say something metaphorical or approximate, whereas scientists are very precise.

Love is an indescribable sensation - perhaps a conviction, a sense of certitude.

Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another's skin, another's voice, another's soul.

The appeal of writing is primarily the investigation of mystery.

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

After love a formal feeling comes.