And the process of reading is such a private one. I once came into a room where a friend of mine was reading one of my books, and he clicked his tongue impatiently and shooed me off.

I think if something is worth doing, it's worth doing well. And worth thinking about it as well.

I am certainly not allergic to causes - particularly on subjects such as religious intolerance.

Of course, the greater one's need, the greater one's propensity to be mesmerized.

I need my natural laziness to be counteracted by obsession in order to do anything.

I certainly think its very important that writers as citizens - not necessarily as writers, but just as ordinary citizens - should talk about things that matter to them.

The thing about inspiration is that it takes your mind off everything else.