He knew what the wind was doing to them, where it was taking them, to all the secret places that were never so secret again in life.

Remember, the firemen are rarely necessary. The public itself stopped reading of its own accord.

If you're living in your time, you cannot help but to write about the things that are important.

He felt his smile slide away, melt, fold over and down on itself like a tallow skin, like the stuff of a fantastic candle burning too long and now collapsing and now blown out.

My characters talk to one another, and when it reaches a certain pitch of excitement I jump out of bed and run and trap them before they are gone.

If you're reluctant to weep, you won't live a full and complete life.

I don't talk things, sir. I talk the meaning of things.