I'm a sucker for sports movies.

Anything processed by memory is fiction.

My medium is prose, not the novel.

Everything I write, I believe instinctively, is to some extent collage. Meaning, ultimately, is a matter of adjacent data.

I don’t know what’s the matter with me, why I’m so adept at distance, why I feel so remote from things, why life feels like a rumor.

A book should either allow us to escape existence or teach us how to endure it.

To me, the moment you're talking about nonfiction you're talking about reality.

If I'm reading a book and it seems truly interesting, I tend to start reading back to front in order not to be too deeply under the sway of progress.

Momentum, in literary mosaic, derives not from narrative but from the subtle, progressive buildup of thematic resonances.

The absence of plot leaves the reader room to think about other things.

Resolution and conclusion are inherent in a plot-driven narrative.

Is your animosity towards a person warranted, or is it a reflection of your own insecurities?

Don’t deny me what’s mine, Brighton.

Creation's highest aim and most sublime result is belief in God. The most exalted rank of humanity is knowledge of God.

You will be led to do the right thing at the right time and in the right way.

I had no idea where these kids at a small private college in the San Fernando Valley were coming from, why they were coming to hear me, or what they needed to know.

Without a doubt there are women who would vote intelligently. There are also men who knit socks beautifully.

Prison is where you promise yourself the right to live.

There are clear cases in which "understanding" literally applies and clear cases in which it does not apply; and these two sorts of cases are all I need for this argument.

I feel what they feel. And people who listen to me know that, and it makes them feel like they're not alone.

One must take what comes, with laughter.