Before I Write A Novel,

Many People, Myself Among Them, Feel Better At The Mere Sight Of A Book.

Novelists Never Have To Footnote.

The Main Thing About The Novel That Is Totally Fascinating: It's Not Possessed By The Writer; It's Possessed By The Reader.

An Urban Novelist Never Minds A Little Decay.

I Wrote The Dickens Book Because I Loved Dickens, Not Because I Felt A Kinship With Him, But After Writing The Book It Seemed To Me That There Was At Least One Similarity Between Us And That Was That Dickens Loved To Write And Wrote With The Ease And Conviction Of Breathing. Me, Too.