I think I'd probably tell you that it's easier to desire and pursue the attention of tens of millions of total strangers than it is to accept the love and loyalty of the people closest to us.

I don't always like writing, but I very much like having written.

I'm a really good eavesdropper. I listen to what people say and remember all the buzzwords.

Time is money, but also money is money.

I've been through the whole western world, and it seems to me that there's more retail floor space devoted to the sale of books than food! There's more retail floor space devoted to the sale of books than there's been in the entire history of humanity! It's grotesque!

Naps are essential to my process. Not dreams, but that state adjacent to sleep, the mind on waking.

The future is not Google-able.