It is like having a book out from the library. It is like constantly having a book out from the library.

Love is art, not truth. It’s like painting scenery.

An author's life is different, complex, and ongoing, while a character's remains frozen in one little story.

The affectionate farce I make of him ignores the ways I feel his lack of love for me. But we are managing.

I had never feared insomnia before--like prison, wouldn't it just give you more time to read?

Perhaps we had at last reached that stage of intimacy that destroys intimacy.

To write a short story, you have to be able to stay up all night.