Everything Is Toxic. That's The Point. You

Write Every Day, Just To Keep In The Habit, And Remember That Whatever You Have Written Is Neither As Good Nor As Bad As You Think It Is. Just Keep Going, And Tell Yourself That You Will Fix It Later.

Sometimes, A Novel Is Like A Train: The First Chapter Is A Comfortable Seat In An Attractive Carriage, And The Narrative Speeds Up. But There Are Other Sorts Of Trains, And Other Sorts Of Novels. They Rush By In The Dark; Passengers Framed In The Lighted Windows Are Smiling And Enjoying Themselves.

I'm A Natural Novelist. I'm Interested In The Person And The Group, And How They Mesh. And One Of The Ways I Don't Want Them To Mesh Is For The Person To Be Subsumed Into The Group.

The Fundamental Condition Of Childhood Is Powerlessness.

There Can Never Be Such A Thing As A Free Market, Because It Is Human Nature To Cheat, Monopolize, And Buy Off Others So As To Corner The Market.