In my own little way, I feel like I'm part of a group of writers who care deeply about pushing the essay forward.

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.

Wanderlust is incurable.

When I am constantly running there is no time for being. When there is no time for being there is no time for listening.

Earth Day 1970 was irrefutable evidence that the American people understood the environmental threat and wanted action to resolve it.

I did some commercials and a couple of B movies, then a few pilots that didn't go anywhere. Eventually I did the pilot for Beverly Hills, 90210. The rest is history.

No matter how bad things get, you can still walk away.

The Hollywood sirens are shrieking, while down some search lit alley runs some lost belief.

The hardest lessons to learn are the ones your soul needs most.

In every endeavour, people make the difference, and just one person has the power to make a profound difference in the lives of so many people.

People try new things all the time. By now, the people who succeed have to be very sophisticated.

I'm more like an animalistic rock chick.