I Carry A Notebook With Me Everywhere.

I Was Not Interested In Doing The Plot Of Oedipus In Blackface. I Did Wonder, What Would These People Have Been Like If They Hadn't Been In That Situation?... One Could Look At Oedipus, Or At My Character Augustus, As A Cynical Schemer Who Did Everything Because He Was Hungry For Power. But That's Just Too Easy. I'm More Interested In How Humans Can Embody Conflicting Goals And Emotions.

Crassly Put: When I Write, I Am Trying Not To Bore Myself And My Readers.

Everybody Who's Anybody Longs To Be A Tree.

The American Dream Is A Phrase We'll Have To Wrestle With All Of Our Lives. It Means A Lot Of Things To Different People. I Think We're Redefining It Now

I Carry A Notebook With Me Everywhere. But That's Only The First Step.