I'm not a writer because I want to make money. I'm a writer because I'm a very slow thinker, but I do care about thinking, and the only way I know how to think with any kind of finesse is by telling stories.

I like to think I'm a pretty good-natured guy and pretty civil and probably not ever truly guilty in any serious way of any legal infractions.

The momentum of the mind can be vexingly, involuntarily capricious.

I write because I admire the act of rationalization, of seeking clarity in one's understanding of the complexities of life, and I'm bad at it. I'm slow. Writing, which is an arduous and slow process, proceeds at the same rate as my sloth-like mind.

Sometimes I think I'm a one-trick pony because I'm not very inventive about new ways of telling stories.

I wouldn't know how to think inside the box because I don't even know where it is. I wouldn't know how to do it any other way.