"I don't have any answers. I just have questions."

"I think hard times are coming when we will be wanting the voices of writers who can see alternatives to how we live now."

"I am not interested in writing about heroes. I am interested in writing about human beings."

"If you don't like my books, don't read them. There's no law. But don't try to stop other people from reading them."

"I am not a pessimist. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I feel soaked to the skin."