I'm a true believer in not forcing anything. I hate forced art, forced anything.

I think I'm attracted to the mystics, to seeing needs in the world. I'm attracted to caring for people who are disenfranchised. I'm attracted to getting rid of worldly possessions.

I'm fascinated by Catholic mystics, even though I grew up Mennonite in Pennsylvania.

Art that I like the most is born out of free association. I try to let my mind open up and see what comes out.

Peabody pursed her lips. "You're really mean today." "Yes. Yes, I am." Eve took a deep gulp of hideous air, and smiled. "I feel good about that.

... the past was what we carried with us, threaded to the future, and we decided whether to keep it close or let it go.

Though the customer is always right, there are some customers you do not want.

Hollywood grew to be the most flourishing factory of popular mythology since the Greeks.

You've got to be original, because if you're like someone else, what do they need you for?

[A writer] should try not to be too far, personally, below the level of his work.

Some clergymen make a motto, instead of a theme, of their texts.

Oh Esperanza!' said Isabel, jumping up and down and clapping.'I think my heart is dancing.

At the time I wrote Xone I had never been on the Internet.

We suffer more in imagination than in reality.