The story is not in the words; it's in the struggle.

In the same way, the world is not the sum of all the things that are in it. It is the infinitely complex network of connections among them. As in the meanings of words, things take on meaning only in relationship to each other.

Novels are fictions and therefore they tell lies, but through those lies every novelist attempts to tell the truth about the world.

What better portrait of a writer than to show a man who has been bewitched by books?

Stories only happen to those who are able to tell them.

As Siri says, who is deeply involved with neuroscience, emotion consolidates memory, and I think that's true.

Most people just want to be part of the world, they want to live, love, and enjoy themselves - to take part in the world around them. Whereas artists are always retreating, locking the door, and inventing other worlds.