The Question Of Dying Becomes A Wise

The More Things I Threw Away, The More I Found.

In My Experience, Writing A Novel Tends To Create Its Own Structure, Its Own Demands, Its Own Language, Its Own Ending. So For Much Of The Period In Which I'm Writing, I'm Waiting To Understand What's Going To Happen Next, And How And Where It's Going To Happen. In Some Cases, Fairly Early In The Process, I Do Know How A Book Will End. But Most Of The Time, Not At All, And In This Particular Case, Many Questions Are Still Unanswered, Even Though I've Been Working For Months.

Fame And Secrecy Are The High And Low Ends Of The Same Fascination.

I Think Silence Is The Condition You Accept As The Judgment On Your Crimes.

Ecology Is Boring For The Same Reason That Destruction Is Fun.