You should let dialogue get as nearly out of control as you can. Characters should say what they say to each other instead of what they mean to say. The worst purpose of dialogue is to elicit information: "You know why we're out on this space station, Carruthers - to save the universe!"

Life is a means of extracting fiction.

I think there's a necessity for some attachment to the spiritual world and, in a way, people really have to have it.

You don't want to depend on an editor. If you want to regret something for the rest of your life, you want to make sure you're responsible for it.

When rewriting, move quickly. It's a little like cutting your own hair.

What is worst about America was acted out. What is best in America doesn't export.

It's all about letting the story take over.