Evil Isn't A Cosmological Riddle,

When People Say There Is Too Much Violence In My Books, What They Are Saying Is There Is Too Much Reality In Life.

To Write A Novel Is To Embark On A Quest That Is Very Romantic. People Have Visions, And The Next Step Is To Execute Them. That's A Very Romantic Project. Like Edvard Munch's Strange Dreamlike Canvases Where People Are Stylized, Like 'the Scream.' Munch Must Have Had That Vision In A Dream, He Never Saw It.

Art Is The Highest Expression Of The Human Spirit.

God's Blessing Is Not Always To Be Distinguished From His Wrath.

Loneliness Is Like Starvation: You Don't Realize How Hungry You Are Until You Begin To Eat.