I keep a quotes journal - of every sentence that I've wanted to remember from my reading of the past 30 years.
Only white men have the luxury of ignoring race.
The Midwest is such a tabula rasa.
The oldest principle of composition: repeat everything.
I would say the flip side to my fascination with systems is a fascination with components. So many of my books are dialogues between little and big.
Until I was 42, I could fit everything that I owned into two suitcases.