Kill the pig! Cut his throat! Kill the pig! Bash him in!

Novelists do not write as birds sing, by the push of nature. It is part of the job that there should be much routine and some daily stuff on the level of carpentry.

Art is partly communication, but only partly. The rest is discovery.

I do like people to read the books twice, because I write my novels about ideas which concern me deeply and I think are important, and therefore I want people to take them seriously. And to read it twice of course is taking it seriously.

The writer probably knows what he meant when he wrote a book, but he should immediately forget what he meant when he's written it.

The thing is - fear can't hurt you any more than a dream.

While I am on, I can discipline myself to that extent. When I am off, I can't discipline myself at all. On the other hand, when I am off, there are so many things I like doing, it doesn't really matter.