But lost chances are as much a part of life as chances taken, and a story cannot dwell on what might have been.

You find the book in the process of doing it. That's the adventure of the job.

Writing begins in the body, it is the music of the body, and even if the words have meaning, can sometimes have meaning, the music of the words is where the meanings begin....Writing as a lesser form of dance.

After something crystallizes, I can write ferociously and write novels in six months, which in the past would have taken me two years.

Every generation always thinks it was better before, and I think people have been saying this for probably thousands of years.

Writing has always had a tactile quality for me. It's a physical experience.

but even the facts do not always tell the truth