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 get work because I'm primarily a novelist but I've become script doctor. I can work back and forth between French and English.

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

There are certain things that ordinary people have that celebrities don't have.

I'm not gifted, but I'm not hopeless.

As a child, I read science fiction, but from the very beginnings of my reading for pleasure, I read a lot of non-fictional history, particularly historical biography.

The opprobrium of assholes is a badge of honor.