If a novelist were so uncouth and possessed of so little moral sense that he should write of illicit love, his book would be barred from the public libraries and he woukd be ostracized by society.

She feels "Brutal Dynasty" actually may become the Great American Novel she and her fellow critics have been looking for so long.

People who are loving are kind, and those who are kind become beloved.

You cannot afford to be too busy to pray.

'The Creative Habit' is basically about how you work alone, how you survive as a solitary artist. 'The Collaborative Habit' is obviously about surviving with other people.

Let's worry about fixing the problem instead of the blame.

Men chase by night those they will not greet by day.

I walk: I prefer walking.

Catch on fire and people will come for miles to see you burn.

It is said that life is too short, and that’s quite true, unless you are lonely. Loneliness can bring time to its knees; an absolute and utter standstill.

New York is a great place to be fed in the arts. The arts in general are a large part of my life. The city was my postgraduate course.

And out of a desire essentially to imitate what I was reading, I began to write, like a clever monkey.