A lot of writers and artists are like chefs who eat their own cooking in the kitchen and then deliver an empty plate with assurances that it's great.

I find that the mask of the critic is to have distance.

Love and fear, the two strongest emotions we have. It all starts with emotion.

I'm absolutely convinced that people cannot look and read at the same time. Not any more than you can kneel and jump at the same time. It's a completely different physiological setting.

A lot of writers and artists are like chefs who eat their own cooking in the kitchen and then deliver an empty plate with assurances that it's great.

Artists are expected to talk about their work but writers aren't expected to talk about their writing.

Art is always subject to change in a moment by somebody who's strong enough to shed new light on it.