"I'm a fairly unpopular person. I seem to annoy a lot of people."

"I like books that are a little bit dangerous."

"The only people who see the whole picture are the ones who step outside the frame."

"Reality is a question of perspective; the further you get from the past, the more concrete and plausible it seems—but as you approach the present, it inevitably seems incredible."

"A writer’s life is a highly vulnerable, almost naked activity. We don’t have to weep about that. The writer makes his choice and is stuck with it."