Movies have to handle time very efficiently. They're about stringing scenes together in the present. Novels aren't necessarily about that.

That afternoon I came to understand that one of the deepest purposes of intellectual sophistication is to provide distance between us and our most disturbing personal truths and gnawing fears.

I looked back at some of my earlier published stories with genuine horror and remorse. I got thinking, How many extant copies might there be, who owns them, and do they keep their doors locked?

Movies have to handle time very efficiently. They're about stringing scenes together in the present. Novels aren't necessarily about that.

At the risk of appearing disingenuous, I don't really think of myself as 'writing humor.' I'm simply reporting on the world I observe, which is frequently hilarious.

The world is divided between kids who grow up wanting to be their parents and those like us, who grow up wanting to be anything but. Neither group ever succeeds.

People sometimes get in the habit of being loyal to a mistake.