I'm trying to make sure that there's comedy as well as sadness. It makes the sadness more memorable.

I had a talk with the president of my publisher, and he averred that e-books are dropping off . So I wonder if the potential advantages are really going to happen as quickly as they ought.

Updike worked this way, and I just kinda borrowed it from him. So the memoir will be relief from novel writing for a moment.

In general, each form is a relief from the other forms. I can't write a novel after a novel. I just use up all the material each time, and I need to rest.

I always feel I have made unfilmable books. I even felt that way about a book of mine that was later made into a movie. But my wife, who has made two films, thinks this one would make a very original film. I'm all for original films.

Sadness is simply something to be treated with antidepressant meds and otherwise need not be spoken of.

There’s something really rich and powerful in not talking about what you need to talk about sometimes.