Henry Miller wrote novels, but he calls his protagonist Henry, often Henry Miller, and his books are in this gray area between memoir and novel.

I liked Camille Paglia. I liked her even better when I heard her talk.

Foucault was the one person I met in France that I could talk to. He was a mensch. You know whether you agree with him or not because you know what he is saying.

The reason Saul Bellow doesn't talk to me anymore is because he knows his new novels are not worth reading.

I used to be fond of Indian arm wrestling.

Raymond Carver is good. I think he'll be appreciated more and more. He's an easy writer to imitate.

I gave up writing blurbs because you make one friend and 200 enemies.