Today, writing seems to me like an incredible luxury, almost a perversity, something which hardly exists in the world anymore, where you get to see the fruits of your actions in a daily way.

An essential part of power is the freedom not to think too deeply

Make sure the lubricant is unscented. Don't join fashionable 'schools of thought.' Read everything.

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.

He traced the genealogy of the feeling.

You must live life with the full knowledge that your actions will remain. We are creatures of consequence.