There is a neurologist, a woman over at Harvard who wanted me to come talk to them, and in France I have a lot of readers in the sciences. I can't tell you why.

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I do have trouble with titles.

I do have trouble with titles.

I rarely read or buy a book because of a review.

I rarely read or buy a book because of a review.

Michigan is two radically different places - the North and the South which makes for...

Michigan is two radically different places - the North and the South which makes for...

New Yorkers are mostly interested in New York - in case you haven't noticed.

New Yorkers are mostly interested in New York - in case you haven't noticed.

I don't see gender as the most significant fact of human existence.

I don't see gender as the most significant fact of human existence.

Writers can write outside their ethnicity or sex depending how open and vulnerable they wish...

Writers can write outside their ethnicity or sex depending how open and vulnerable they wish...

Because most writers have totally unrealistic concepts of how publishing works.

Because most writers have totally unrealistic concepts of how publishing works.

I should add that I very much enjoy certain cities especially Paris, New York and...

I should add that I very much enjoy certain cities especially Paris, New York and...

I asked a French critic a couple of years ago why my books did so...

I asked a French critic a couple of years ago why my books did so...

I don't know what psychotherapy does. I have been seeing the same person for 26...

I don't know what psychotherapy does. I have been seeing the same person for 26...

Naturally we would prefer seven epiphanies a day and an earth not so apparently devoid...

Naturally we would prefer seven epiphanies a day and an earth not so apparently devoid...

So when I made some money, I didn't have any idea how one handled such...

So when I made some money, I didn't have any idea how one handled such...

I couldn't run a tight schedule, and if you're any good at teaching, you get...

I couldn't run a tight schedule, and if you're any good at teaching, you get...

The old fun thing is when somebody typed up the first chapter of War and...

The old fun thing is when somebody typed up the first chapter of War and...

Everybody has a gun in their car in Detroit.

Everybody has a gun in their car in Detroit.

I've never felt influenced by Ernest Hemingway though I suppose there is something inevitable there.

I've never felt influenced by Ernest Hemingway though I suppose there is something inevitable there.

I write novellas because I don't like loose sprawling prose.

I write novellas because I don't like loose sprawling prose.

After a lifetime of world travel I've been fascinated that those in the third world...

After a lifetime of world travel I've been fascinated that those in the third world...

The fact is, the media never gets off the interstate unless there's a major explosion.

The fact is, the media never gets off the interstate unless there's a major explosion.

Your kids inevitably want to move where they had their vacations when they were younger.

Your kids inevitably want to move where they had their vacations when they were younger.