Are there any writers on the literary scene whom I consider truly great? Yes: Truman Capote.

Home is where you feel at home. I'm still looking.

Here is a hall without exit, a tunnel without end.

One of the most difficult things in writing a novel or anything at all is to choose the point of view from which it's going to be told.

What I do requires fantastic concentration... but you can't be totally alone, or you lose all contact with reality, so even when I'm engrossed and secluded, Jack Dunphy can be there. He's my oldest and best friend, and best critic too.

I don't care what anybody says about me as long as it isn't true.

I prefer to underwrite. Simple, clear as a country creek.