Work hard and meticulously. When in trouble, look closely at a text that is a good example of what you're trying to do. And be patient.

I started with small-press publishers, who were willing to publish all sorts of forms. I didn't move to the larger presses until they knew what they were getting in for.

Maybe the truth does not matter, but I want to know it if only so that I can come to some conclusions about such questions as: whether he is angry with me or not; if he is, then how angry; whether he still loves me or not; if he does, then how much; whether he loves me or not; how much; how capable he is of deceiving me in the act and after the act in the telling.

My stories are sometimes closer to poems or meditations, but often there is at least a little narrative in them.

Like a tropical storm, I, too, may one day become ‘better organized.

I never dream in French, but certain French words seem better or more fun than English words - like 'pois chiches' for chick peas!

I don't pare down much. I write the beginning of a story in a notebook and it comes out very close to what it will be in the end. There is not much deliberateness about it.