The ideal reader cannot sleep when holding the writer he was meant to be with.
I am the sole author of the dictionary that defines me.
Tell the truth through whichever veil comes to hand - but tell it. Resign yourself to the lifelong sadness that comes from never being satisfied.
The library was the place I went to find out what there was to know. It was absolutely essential.
For me, George Saunders novel [Lincoln in the Bardo] is about a problem of pain.
English fiction was something I loved growing up, and it changed my life - it changed the trajectory of my life.