When you're in the States and you're a writer and you've got money and you walk into a bank, you're a bum with money.

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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...

I never learned to read music.

I never learned to read music.

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.

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...

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...

Mexico was conquered more by manipulation of myth and archetype.

Mexico was conquered more by manipulation of myth and archetype.

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 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.

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...

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

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

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

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

Is anything accidental?

Is anything accidental?

The thematic, psychological, and cultural concerns of a writer are more relevant than whatever literary...

The thematic, psychological, and cultural concerns of a writer are more relevant than whatever literary...

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,...

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.

I was a precocious reader.

I was a precocious reader.

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...