Nobody wants to read a 600 page book in which the author is fabulous throughout.

I grew up kissing books and bread.

Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious one.

Fundamentalism isn't about religion, it's about power.

Perhaps the story you finish is never the one you begin.

Most American writers don't get asked their opinion on current affairs, whereas in Europe and England, we still do. There are writers here who are the most sophisticated commentators, but they're not asked. Like Don DeLillo, who sort of forecast most of the modern world before it happened.

Things, even people have a way of leaking into each other like flavours when you cook.