I think it's only in a crisis that Americans see other people. It has to be an American crisis, of course. If two countries fight that do not supply the Americans with some precious commodity, then the education of the…

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Every sentence has a truth waiting at the end of it and the writer learns...

Every sentence has a truth waiting at the end of it and the writer learns...

The modern meaning of life's end-when does it end? How does it end? How should...

The modern meaning of life's end-when does it end? How does it end? How should...

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...

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...

In a repressive society, a writer can be deeply influential, but in a society that's...

In a repressive society, a writer can be deeply influential, but in a society that's...

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....

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...

People will always make comparisons.

People will always make comparisons.

Rushdie is a hostage.

Rushdie is a hostage.

I embarked on my life - I didn't do anything. I don't have an explanation.

I embarked on my life - I didn't do anything. I don't have an explanation.

I felt Joyce was an influence on my fiction, but in a very general way,...

I felt Joyce was an influence on my fiction, but in a very general way,...

Men with secrets tend to be drawn to each other, not because they want to...

Men with secrets tend to be drawn to each other, not because they want to...

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

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

Hardship makes the world obscure.

Hardship makes the world obscure.

The future belongs to crowds

The future belongs to crowds

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.

One truth is the swing of the sentence, the beat and poise, but down deeper...

One truth is the swing of the sentence, the beat and poise, but down deeper...

If I were a writer, how I would enjoy being told the novel is dead....

If I were a writer, how I would enjoy being told the novel is dead....

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 watch movies occasionally, and I watch documentaries. Virtually nothing else.

I watch movies occasionally, and I watch documentaries. Virtually nothing else.