Writing is a marathon, not a sprint.

Story isn't a flight from reality but a vehicle that carries us on our search for reality.

Politics is the name we give to the orchestration of power in any society.

Never sleep with anybody who has more problems than you do.

It seems to me that the civilized human being is a skeptic someone who believes nothing at face value.

Stories are the creative conversion of life itself into a more powerful, clearer, more meaningful experience. They are the currency of human contact.

The material of literary talent is words; the material of story talent is life itself.