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" If we lose sight of the fact that writing is entertainment, then writing is doomed. "

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" I really like the power of stopping the laughter and turning it to horror. "

" In previous generations, there was purpose; you had to die, but there was God, and literature and culture would go on. Now, there is no God, and our species is imminently doomed, so there is no purpose. We get up, raise families, have bank accounts, fix our teeth and everything else. But really, there is utterly no purpose except to be alive. "

" Sometimes, we find common ground; more often, we don't. "

" I love performing in front of an audience. I like the questions; I like controversy. "

" I think, if I'm doing my job correctly, I'm presenting a scenario for you as the reader to engage with on your own. I mean, that's what the best art is supposed to do. It's not supposed to be political. I think if you read all my books, you know where I stand, pretty much. "

" I never go anywhere without a book for fear of being stuck in line in front of the theater or strapped down in the dentist's chair and being bored witless. Thus, I read everywhere. "

" I tell jokes, and I have fun, but I tend to worry about everybody and everything throughout the entire world. "

" I describe myself as an environmentalist not because I'm marching in the street with placards but because I like to be in the woods by myself. "

" I envy Jesus because he's dead. "

" You want, as an artist, to be pushing yourself to do what you haven't done before. "

" I am mad for nature writing. I want to get inside the head of every creature in the world, even ants. "

" One of the reasons I've been able to be productive is that I want to do everything. "

" It's true that none of my characters are admirable. But maybe I'm primarily a satirist, and a satirist needs to hold up what's not admirable. "

" I can't read novels while I'm writing a novel, because somebody's voice creeps in. "

" I am a worrier. I worry about the state of our country, of the world, of our species. Every day seems to deliver a new nail to hammer into our collective coffin. "

" Art saved me. It may sound corny, but it's true. "

" The novel is a seduction; a reader has to be seduced. "

" I hope to stay light on my feet, to work in many modes, to seek inspiration always, and avoid the fatal. But, as we all know, it is the price of life to burn out, both metaphorically and literally. "

" It's hard to say how certain stories just punch us in the heart and the brain at the same time at the end. I suppose that's what we're all looking for. But each story has its own valence, its own way of saying goodbye to you. "

" I read widely - for news, the arts, science, for entertainment, and the value of being informed - and, as a fiction writer, I can't help transposing what I learn into the scenario for a novel or story. "

" Science has killed religion. There's no hope for the future with seven billion of us on the planet, and the only thing you can do is to laugh in the face of it all. "

" I think the way to be a writer is to experience things, certainly, and be open to things, but at some point to become dedicated to the craft of writing and to create a stable environment for that writing to occur in. "

" I'm just kind of fascinated by how we can deny that we are animals and what our impact on the other animals is like, and how quixotic we can be in trying to assess what we've done in trying to correct it. "

" I like to live in my own mind, regardless of everyone and everything, working out the intimate puzzles that are my stories and novels. "

" Books are up against TV and movies and video games and a multimedia society that is so busy that people don't have contemplative time any more. I worry deeply about this. In fact, I worry about everything all the time. I used to be a punk. All I wanted to do was tear everything down, and that was so much easier. "

" The beauty of American law is you cannot slander anybody who is dead. This is not true in all countries. "

" Look at Sam Beckett. Most depressed man who ever lived, but he sure was funny. "

" What is your identity, and how do you know who you are if you don't have language? "

" This is why fiction is an art, and life is not - how much more affecting is the lie than the truth. "