The thematic, psychological, and cultural concerns of a writer are more relevant than whatever literary mode he or she chooses to deal with in any given novel.

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Chaos is the enemy of Order but the enemy of Chaos is also the enemy...

Chaos is the enemy of Order but the enemy of Chaos is also the enemy...

When you're in the States and you're a writer and you've got money and you...

When you're in the States and you're a writer and you've got money and you...

I'm not gifted, but I'm not hopeless.

I'm not gifted, but I'm not hopeless.

In America, if you don't do a 100 million dollars, you've done nothing.

In America, if you don't do a 100 million dollars, you've done nothing.

Chaos is the enemy of Order but the enemy of Chaos is also the enemy...

Chaos is the enemy of Order but the enemy of Chaos is also the enemy...

I never learned to read music.

I never learned to read music.

I get work because I'm primarily a novelist but I've become script doctor. I can...

I get work because I'm primarily a novelist but I've become script doctor. I can...

I believe that interest in heroes is universal and eternal.

I believe that interest in heroes is universal and eternal.

Is anything accidental?

Is anything accidental?

If I had parallel lives to pursue, I would also want one as a painter.

If I had parallel lives to pursue, I would also want one as a painter.

As a child, I read science fiction, but from the very beginnings of my reading...

As a child, I read science fiction, but from the very beginnings of my reading...

There are certain things that ordinary people have that celebrities don't have.

There are certain things that ordinary people have that celebrities don't have.

I was a precocious reader.

I was a precocious reader.

English is taking over the world. I just wrote a piece about it. And it's...

English is taking over the world. I just wrote a piece about it. And it's...

It's trite to say that the world has gotten smaller in the age of globalization,...

It's trite to say that the world has gotten smaller in the age of globalization,...

You can really do more than you think you can do.

You can really do more than you think you can do.

I write in American slang.

I write in American slang.

I've always been interested in the relationship between total external surround, culture, the political matrix,...

I've always been interested in the relationship between total external surround, culture, the political matrix,...

If it's not American, the French won't go see it.

If it's not American, the French won't go see it.

Mexico was conquered more by manipulation of myth and archetype.

Mexico was conquered more by manipulation of myth and archetype.