[A pariah is] something like a martyr with more suffering and less class.
There are very few people who are creative and imaginative. Therefore, fiction is difficult for people to embrace.
English is weak in describing emotional states or intensities of interpersonal relationships.
piety is like garlic: a little goes a long way.
Not until my middle thirties did I consider myself a novelist.
There's a thin line between collectivity and chaos.