The Only Reward For Love Is The

There Is No Such Thing As A Secure Writer: Every Novel Is An Impossible Mountain.

I Mean, I'm In The Business Of Storytelling, Not Message Making.

Every Writer Knows He Is Spurious; Every Fiction Writer Would Rather Be Credible Than Authentic.

When It's Going Well [writing] Goes Terribly Fast. It Isn't At All Surprising To Write A Chapter In A Day, Which For Me Is About Twenty-two Pages. When It's Going Badly, It Isn't Really Going Badly; It's Just The Beginning.

To Possess Another Language, Charlemagne Tells Us, Is To Possess Another Soul. German Is Such A Language. Once You Have It In Your Head, You Can Go There Anytime, You Can Close The Door, You Have A Refuge.