Art is the Western myth, with which we both console ourselves and make ourselves.

When I was young, I was very technical about these things. I didn't like to admit to any intimate relation with what I was writing.

I cannot believe homosexuality is that much fun. Heterosexuality certainly is not.

The really heroic thing about Nick Hornby is that he lives in north London and rarely leaves it... Every English writer needs their corner that is forever England - but only a few brave men choose to make that corner Highbury.

Then he gave her a kiss on the forehead that felt like a baptism and she wept like a baby.

All tastes are expressions of belief.

When a human being becomes a set of data on a website like Facebook, he or she is reduced. Everything shrinks. Individual character. Friendships. Language. Sensibility.