Every sentence has a truth waiting at the end of it and the writer learns how to know it when he finally gets there.

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I think more than writers, the major influences on me have been European movies, jazz,...

I think more than writers, the major influences on me have been European movies, jazz,...

I think it's only in a crisis that Americans see other people. It has to...

I think it's only in a crisis that Americans see other people. It has to...

It's no accident that my first novel was called Americana. This was a private declaration...

It's no accident that my first novel was called Americana. This was a private declaration...

A Catholic is raised with the idea that he will die any minute now and...

A Catholic is raised with the idea that he will die any minute now and...

I quit my job just to quit. I didn't quit my job to write fiction....

I quit my job just to quit. I didn't quit my job to write fiction....

Californians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom.

Californians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom.

People will always make comparisons.

People will always make comparisons.

The writer is the person who stands outside society, independent of affiliation and independent of...

The writer is the person who stands outside society, independent of affiliation and independent of...

True terror is a language and a vision. There is a deep narrative structure to...

True terror is a language and a vision. There is a deep narrative structure to...

I've come to think of Europe as a hardcover book, America as the paperback version.

I've come to think of Europe as a hardcover book, America as the paperback version.

There's a connection between the advances that are made in technology and the sense of...

There's a connection between the advances that are made in technology and the sense of...

Writing is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we...

Writing is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we...

When you try to unravel something you've written, you belittle it in a way. It...

When you try to unravel something you've written, you belittle it in a way. It...

America was and is the immigrant's dream.

America was and is the immigrant's dream.

People who are powerless make an open theater of violence.

People who are powerless make an open theater of violence.

I like the construction of sentences and the juxtaposition of words-not just how they sound...

I like the construction of sentences and the juxtaposition of words-not just how they sound...

I think there is a sense of last things in my work that probably comes...

I think there is a sense of last things in my work that probably comes...

Never underestimate the power of the State to act out its own massive fantasies.

Never underestimate the power of the State to act out its own massive fantasies.

If the gods had intended for people to vote, they would have given us candidates

If the gods had intended for people to vote, they would have given us candidates

Talk about the flag or drugs or crime (never about race or class or justice)...

Talk about the flag or drugs or crime (never about race or class or justice)...

When someone talks about self discipline, it usually means they want to control someone.

When someone talks about self discipline, it usually means they want to control someone.