I can't believe there will ever be a time when the book is truly obsolete. It is the perfect technology and feeds the soul.

Crazy people who are judged to be harmless are allowed an enormous amount of freedom ordinary people are denied.

You have to believe it and you hate it. I don't have to and I think it's beautiful.

The difference between writing a story and simply relating past events is that a story, in order to be acceptable, must have shape and meaning. It is the old idea that art is the bringing of order out of chaos.

Sometimes it seemed to him that his life was delicate as a dandelion. One little puff from any direction, and it was blown to bits.

Our fundamental task as human beings is to seek out connections-to exercise our imaginations.

It is always sad to write about prejudice, but sometimes when we see it being played out in the lives of fictional characters, we can recognize it in our own lives.