I must admit to being greatly influenced by Joseph Campbell's The Hero With a Thousand Faces.

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

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.

English is taking over the world. I just wrote a piece about it. And it's not by design. The United States dominates because it's the biggest market.

The world has become more complex as technology and easy travel mixes cultures without homogenizing them.

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

I never learned to read music.