Each book starts from ashes really. I don't feel that I have this to say or that to say or this story to tell or that story to tell, but I want to be occupied with the writing process while I'm living.

When he is sick, every man wants his mother.

A writer has to be driven crazy to help him to see. A writer needs his poisons.

I think I write or publish as much as I do because I can bear being without a book to work on.

When you publish a book, it's the world's book. The world edits it.

Is an intelligent human being likely to be much more than a large-scale manufacturer of misunderstanding?

People are unjust to anger - it can be enlivening and a lot of fun.