I see no reason to stop writing. But the reason isn't always one of your own. The mind is not invulnerable, and it can lose some of its powers.

We need myths to get by. We need story; otherwise the tremendous randomness of experience overwhelms us. Story is what penetrates.

The narrative impulse is always with us; we couldn't imagine ourselves through a day without it.

Metafiction says something. It has to do with taking a large fiction itself and writing within it; that kind of self-reflecting writing that emerges from it can be thought of as metafictional.

My disenchantment? Oh no, my dear, there are no disenchantments, merely progressions and styles of possession. To exist is to be spellbound.

Some ways of naming a generation are fruitful and some are not. Postmodernism is not. It doesn't really say anything.

I learned my realism from guys like Kafka.

What we got is NOW, Huck, and now is forever. Until it ain't. So, you can't worry over nothing except putting off the end a your story as long as you can, and finishing it with a bang.

If you tremble with indignation at every injustice then you are a comrade of mine.

You cannot run faster than a bullet

I believe in entrepreneurs. I believe in their ability to make positive change in the world.

I want to go home at night and feel discomfort.

A bright smile has the strongest electrifying power to lift up the sagging morale and light up a depressed face effortlessly and immediately.

Joining Modest Mouse was just consistent with what I used to do as a teenager: I followed where I thought I would make some interesting music.

"Antiques Roadshow" is my favorite show. Every Monday night I have one hour of appointment television. I get the popcorn out and tell my husband, "don't bother me."

Let a man practise the profession he best knows. [Lat., Quam quisque novit artem, in hac se exerceat.]

Defending yesterday is far more risky than making tomorrow.

It's a gift. Never lend a book.