When writing goes painfully, when it’s hideously difficult, and one feels real despair (ah, the despair, silly as it is, is real!)–then naturally one ought to continue with the work; it would be cowardly to retreat. But when writing goes smoothly–why then one certainly should keep on working, since it would be stupid to stop. Consequently one is always writing or should be writing.

The - the sort of thing that I want to do is to strike a resonant chord of universality in other people, which is best done by fiction.

It's where we go, and what we do when we get there, that tells us who we really are.

Near the point of impact, time acelerates to the speed of light.

I write in longhand and assemble lots of notes, and then I try to collate them into a coherent chronology. It's like groping along in the dark. I like writing and find it challenging, but I don't find it easy.

Before you can write a novel you have to have a number of ideas that come together. One idea is not enough.

A good, sympathetic review is always a wonderful surprise.