I do not believe in a personal connection to God; that's where it gets transcendental.
I certainly see myself more as a craftsman than as an artist.
The silence of snow, thought the man sitting just behind the bus driver.
When another writer in another house is not free, no writer is free.
To read a novel is to wonder constantly, even at moments when we lose ourselves most deeply in the book: How much of this is fantasy, and how much is real?
I am a highly disciplined person. I get up at seven every morning and, still in my pajamas, sit down at my desk where my checkered ring binders and my fountain pen are ready for use. I try to write two pages every day.