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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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...

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,...

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.

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

Is anything accidental?

Is anything accidental?

I was a precocious reader.

I was a precocious reader.

I believe that interest in heroes is universal and eternal.

I believe that interest in heroes is universal and eternal.

I write in American slang.

I write in American slang.

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...

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,...

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...

Mexico was conquered more by manipulation of myth and archetype.

Mexico was conquered more by manipulation of myth and archetype.

I must admit to being greatly influenced by Joseph Campbell's The Hero With a Thousand...

I must admit to being greatly influenced by Joseph Campbell's The Hero With a Thousand...

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

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

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...

The world has become more complex as technology and easy travel mixes cultures without homogenizing...

The world has become more complex as technology and easy travel mixes cultures without homogenizing...