Outlines are the last resource of bad fiction writers who wish to God they were writing masters' theses.

If you were a real fascistic society and you had a vocal minority that was shouting, "Stop this, stop that, stop the other thing," what you would say is, "Let's give them all the drugs they want." In a lot of states, something very much like that happened. They lowered the drinking age to eighteen and said, "Get juiced."

There should be no telephone in your writing room, certainly no TV or videogames for you to fool around with. If there’s a window, draw the curtains or pull down the shades unless it looks out at a blank wall.

Life was a wheel, its only job was to turn, and it always came back to where it started.

I think that's what people most always do with the stuff they can't make out - just forget it.

I think telling stories is like pushing something. Pushing against uncreation itself, maybe.

I work until beer o'clock.