It’s trite to say that the world has gotten smaller in the age of globalization, but my travels have told me that it’s wrong to think that this means... there is some kind of uniform world culture.

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

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

I was a precocious reader.

I write in American slang.

In America, if you don't do a 100 million dollars, you've done nothing.

I never learned to read music.