Everything Interests Me.

For Me, University Was Just Awful Because It Was Closing One Door After The Other Of All These Candy Shops Of Professional Possibilities.

The Loneliness Of Writing Is That You Baffle Your Friends And Change The Lives Of Strangers.

In 25 Years Of Writing Novels, I've Never Had Anything That Felt Like Writer's Block.

I Think That If The Novel's Task Is To Describe Where We Find Ourselves And How We Live Now, The Novelist Must Take A Good, Hard Look At The Most Central Facts Of Contemporary Life - Technology And Science.

I Used To Work For 12 Or 14 Hours At A Time But The Digital Age Has Made Such Happy Immersions Almost Impossible.