People say you cant teach writing, but I think thats nonsense.
When I select a topic, it's usually a commitment of two to three years of my life
That's when I feel most alive, he told me once on an airplane, when I'm helping people.
Public education rests precariously on the skill and virtue of the people at the bottom of the institutional pyramid.
I always want to write something better than the last book.
When writers stop believing in their own stories, readers tend to sense it.