"The world is a novel, and we are all characters in it."

"I don't believe in God, but I'm very interested in religion."

"I mean, how many books does one have to write before one is allowed to be a little bit boring?"

"A good book is a good book is a good book. And if it's a bit of a page-turner, so much the better."

"A writer’s life is a highly vulnerable, almost naked activity. We don’t have to weep about that. The writer makes his choice and is stuck with it."