I was never able to write seriously about heroes because I was very aware that I was not one and that in my background there was not this heroic thing.

Why in God's name should a God be praised if he is only performing his Godly function?

I've always thought of absurdism as a French fad I'd like to belong to.

I was never able to write seriously about heroes because I was very aware that I was not one and that in my background there was not this heroic thing.

It is a truism throughout the civilized galaxy that when you go to the police, your troubles really begin.

I'm not too fond of the hard work and the constant battle with self-doubt that goes on when I write, but I figure that's part of the territory.

The absurdist stuff wasn't terribly popular at the time I was doing it.