If it's not American, the French won't go see it.

All fiction is lies – if it weren’t, it would be biography, history, or reportage.

I never learned to read music.

If I had parallel lives to pursue, I would also want one as a painter.

The thematic, psychological, and cultural concerns of a writer are more relevant than whatever literary mode he or she chooses to deal with in any given novel.

I write in American slang.

The saddest day of your life is when you decide to sell out, and nobody wants to buy.