There isn’t any particular relationship between the messages, except that the author has chosen them carefully, so that, when seen all at once, they produce an image of life that is beautiful and surprising and deep. There is no beginning, no middle, no end, no suspense, no moral, no causes, no effects. What we love in our books are the depths of many marvelous moments seen all at one time.

I was a victim of a series of accidents, as are we all.

The arts are not a way to make a living.

I am a monopolar depressive descended from monopolar depressives. That's how come I write so good.

Human beings will believe in all kinds of things that aren't true, and that's okay. And TV is a part of that.

One of the few good things about modern times: If you die horribly on television, you will not have died in vain. You will have entertained us.

The proper ending for any story about people it seems to me, since life is now a polymer in which the Earth is wrapped so tightly, should be the same abbreviation, which I now write large because I feel like it, which is this one: ETC.