It is hopelessness even more than pain that crushes the soul.

A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.

I think that one of the compelling themes of fiction is this confrontation between good and evil.

I'm simply the happiest, the placidest, when I'm writing, and so I suppose that that, for me, is the final answer. ... It's fine therapy for people who are perpetually scared of nameless threats as I am most of the time.

It is hopelessness even more than pain that crushes the soul.

The weather of Depression is unmodulated, its light a brownout.

I get a fine warm feeling when I'm doing well, but that pleasure is pretty much negated by the pain of getting started each day. Let's face it, writing is hell.