Time is a face on the water.

But writers INVITE ghosts, maybe; along with actors and artists, they are the only totally accepted mediums of our society. They make worlds that never were, populate them with people who never existed, and then invite us to join them in their fantasies. And we do it, don't we? Yes. We PAY to do it.

I get inspiration, a lot of times, from very commonplace things that just strike a chord and develop themselves in the subconscious.

Memory is the basis of every journey.

We've switched from a culture that was interested in manufacturing, economics, politics - trying to play a serious part in the world - to a culture that's really entertainment-based.

I like to hang out clothes on windy days. Sometimes that's all I feel like. A sheet on a line.

Writing is like a little hole in reality that you can go through and you can get out and you can be someplace else for a while.