Dying Was Just An Extended Version Of

It's My Contention That Each Book Creates Its Own Structure And Its Own Length. I've Written Three Or Four Slim Books. It May Be That The Next Novel Is A Big One, But I Don't Know.

A Writer Takes Earnest Measures To Secure His Solitude And Then Finds Endless Ways To Squander It.

It Is Possible To Be Homesick For A Place Even When You Are There.

I Think There Is A Sense Of Last Things In My Work That Probably Comes From A Catholic Childhood.

A Dead Afternoon In A Dark Bar Was Not The Worst Of Fates.