In order to write novels for a living - it's not pathological, but I do think and worry and brood and fidget about stuff that I'm working on.

If you lose all hope, you can always find it again.

I'm trying to cause people to be interested in the particulars of their lives because I think that's one thing literature can do for us. It can say to us: pay attention. Pay closer attention. Pay stricter attention to what you say to your son.

Our ex-wifes always harbour secrets about us that make them irresistable. Until, of course, we remember who we are and what we did and why we are not married anymore.

I've been mainly a happy boy in my life. I married the right girl and we did what we wanted to do.

There are more people in America that love guns and want guns for themselves and everyone else than there are not. It is also true that liberals who don't want guns are puny by and large. They're not risking anything, all they're doing is saying they don't like something. Liberals are quick to say this should happen and this should not happen, but they don't do anything about it much.

When people realize they are being listened to, they tell you things.