The ban on the burkini, which is basically a wetsuit, seems particularly ridiculous.

If it takes you seven years to write each novel, you need a patron. And I would rather have my corporate self as my patron than any arts council or bestower of grants.

And with a last stardrop, a last circle, I arrive, and she's there, chemical wonder in her eyes.

With movement, families get split. With the politicization of religion, spirituality gets diluted. With people intermarrying and falling in love outside of pre-existing defined groups, the tribe is disappearing. I'm not in favor of going back to those things, but you can't take those things away without putting something new in its place. So finding a way to make transience more acceptable, even beautiful is key.

I don't listen to music when I write. I need silence so I can hear the sound of the words.

NYC doesn't have a big sign saying "You must love diversity and the rights of all people." And that's not what makes you love diversity in NYC or anywhere. What makes you love diversity is because you live in it and you experience it.

In a way, every parent is sort of dependent on the benevolence of the society around them to take care of their children.