You're one of 6.5 billion people now on the planet, and 99.9 percent of your genes are the same as everyone else's.

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.

Society has got a lot of activities and attractions to steal your time and to make you think less about your diminishing life.

One lie will keep out forty truths.

I'm a big believer in living out your dreams and facing your fears.

People ultimately get what they deserve on TV. What people end up watching is what the advertising end up glomming onto and promoting.

Your memory and your senses will be nourishment for your creativity.

I don't bite you know ... unless it's called for.

You wanna hang with the big dogs, you can't piss like a pup.

Being a politician makes your hair turn white.

We never know our good or bad as we loose our judgement living with them.worst part is we don't accept who we are & hence remain confused for the rest of our life.

We will not be derailed by criminal anarchists who legitimately claim a religious cause.