There is secrecy and betrayal but that's more part and parcel of the kind of anguish that the people go through. And maybe that's modes of survival, ….

I wanted to present a sweep and scope of larger events, and a grander backdrop, but most important was to set against that a very singular, real and ….

By definition it uses and plays and delights in time. It delights in the interlacing of chronologies and the consequences of that interlacing. And th….

I think their pasts are treated with a voice that sees their role as those of innocents. That's reflected in the past time sequences. They're less "w….

It's not that I wrote those details, but photos can give you the confidence that you have a real feel for the landscape. Then you can invent with a s….

Do not discount the psychic warmth of the hive..

It's not that I don't enjoy other people, but what I find with writers is this back and forth. And also, there's no need to talk about work..

Not to any really influential effect, but certainly there have been comments that have surprised me. It's surprising sometimes to get particular pers….

I think because of these big issues of life and death that maybe sex feels like a crass question. But for Christ sake, this is a book that is so inte….

Usually, when you're talking about work with other writers it's because something seriously bad is going on with your work and you've absolutely thro….

What if loving something means you should mostly feel frustrated and thwarted? And then a little ruined, too, by the pursuit? But you keep coming bac….

For if there is ever a moment when we are most vulnerable, it’s when we’re closest to the idea of the attained desire, and thus farthest from ourselv….

I think the action is ninety-three percent, and the consideration is peppered throughout but pretty short... Once I start it, I feel as though I don'….

I assumed just from being around, all these years, that people would immediately glom on to, Well, it's a departure, and it's a dystopian kind of thi….

No place is perfect, but I admire Oahu for its offering of the tropical and the urban, and then its Asian-inflected culture and cuisines..

One of the things my friends would tell you is that I hang out with a lot of non-writers - just regular people like bankers and teachers, and I actua….

I really try to forget. I only look at my old works if there's an interview and someone asks me about it. Otherwise, it's not even in the rearview mi….

I rarely talk about work with writers, and I love getting together with writers. I think writers are great to get together with, because we can talk ….

A tale, like the universe, they tell us, expands ceaselessly each time you examine it, until there’s finally no telling exactly where it begins, or e….