God howls with laughter at earthly plans, you know?

I judged about a zillion awards this year so Ive been reading a lot of books that just came out.

I'm trying to read more dead people because I keep having to read stuff for juries and so forth.

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

I turned forty, and Im finally going to get married and maybe have a kid.

I believe that God locates himself at the spot where you recognize your own fallibility....And the paradox of it all has been that whenever I give up I seem to do better.

Maybe when I'm sixty-five I'll talk about my literary life.