May The Days Be Aimless. Do Not

A Writer Takes Earnest Measures To Secure His Solitude And Then Finds Endless Ways To Squander It.

I Think There Is A Sense Of Last Things In My Work That Probably Comes From A Catholic Childhood.

If You Reveal Everything, Bare Every Feeling, Ask For Understanding, You Lose Something Crucial To Your Sense Of Yourself. You Need To Know Things That Others Don't Know. It's What No One Knows About You That Allows You To Know Yourself.

I Saw A Photograph Of A Wedding Conducted By Reverend Moon Of The Unification Church. I Wanted To Understand This Event, And The Only Way To Understand It Was To Write About It.

It Was Important For Him To Believe That He'd Spent His Life Among People Who Kept Missing The Point.