I Am Often Asked The Question How

History Is The Present. That's Why Every Generation Writes It Anew. But What Most People Think Of As History Is Its End Product, Myth.

Writing A Novel Is Like Driving A Car At Night. Sometimes You Run Over A Drunk Who's Lain Down And Fallen Asleep On The Warm Pavement. I Mean, Do You Keep Going, Or What?

Every Major Work Of Art Is A Transgression, But The Artist Is Not Necessarily, By Nature, A Transgressor.

A Book Begins As A Private Excitement Of The Mind.

When I'm Writing, I Like To Seal Everything Off And Face The Wall, Not To Look Outside The Window. The Only Way Out Is Through The Sentences.