I have always been suspicious of romantic love. It looks too much like a narcissism shared by two.

The writer's job is not to write a novel, hold it up and say, “Here I am,” but to write a novel, hold it up and say, “Here YOU are.

I believe all literature started as gossip.

There are very few people who are creative and imaginative. Therefore, fiction is difficult for people to embrace.

American hunting is quite different from English hunting because we don't hunt to kill. Even if I wanted to kill a fox, I couldn't. They're too smart and they have too many ways to escape me, whereas they don't in England.

If the world were a logical place, men would ride side saddle.

A narcissism shared by two.