...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.

Literature is humanity talking to itself.

Small breasts are best for the long haul.

...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 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.

I feel like someone after a deluge being asked to describe the way it was before the flood while I'm still plucking seaweed out of my hair.

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