...There is a school of thought, a heresy from the madhouse of heresies in the ninth century, that says God is good and is in control of every individual thing that happens, every event, but that unfortunately the devil is in control of the timing.

I wanted to incorporate everything, understand everything, because time is cruel and nothing stays the same.

The characters write the plot. Their natures do.

I must love big novels, because that's what I've written. It takes a while before you begin to breathe the air the characters breathe.

...There is a school of thought, a heresy from the madhouse of heresies in the ninth century, that says God is good and is in control of every individual thing that happens, every event, but that unfortunately the devil is in control of the timing.

Small breasts are best for the long haul.

Literature is humanity talking to itself.