And I wonder if there is really any point to what I'm doing, or what I'm supposed to make of a world where a man can get rich playing "let's pretend

I tend to scare myself.

The first draft of a book—even a long one—should take no more than three months, the length of a season.

Superstition, like true love, needs time to grow and reflect upon itself.

Ninety-eight percent of what goes on in people's heads is none of their smucking business.

The brain is a muscle that can move the world.

I don't make movies. I don't feel that I have to have artistic control. Part of this comes from the fact that the book lives on no matter what Hollywood does to your novel in terms of a film. Now, you try to be careful who you allow to do your film because nobody wants their novel to become a turkey movie. But, on the other hand, it is a crapshot anyway, because even the best people can make a bad film.