I never bought the idea of individual genius from which the novel spews forth. It's always an act of curation.

(Feedback) People become addicted to it. That’s why journalism is so popular, because you want to hear, every day, what people think of what you just wrote. I think a little patience on that front can be good, too.

Don't confuse honours with achievement.

Your mid-thirties is a good time because you know a fair amount, you have some self-control.

You can't state difference and also state equality. We have to state sameness to understand equality.

You don't come to live here unless the delusion of a reality shaped around your own desires isn't a strong aspect of your personality. A reality shaped around your own desires - there is something sociopathic in that ambition.

I love to dance, and sing - in the shower, not in public. Im too old to go raving, but my fondest memories are of that kind of thing - dancing, with lots of people, outside if possible.