All writing is an act of self-exploration. Even a grocery list says something about you; how much more does a novel say?.

Adrienne Mayor's inquiry into the myth--and surprising reality--of Amazon women begins with the fierce Greek huntress Atalanta, but takes us deep int….

There is a fine sense of freedom that comes from wandering about a familiar city with no particular destination in mind, with no one to meet, no duti….

Some men are one thing on the surface and another underneath. The true poet shows not just the exterior of his subject, but all the contradictions wi….

In politics, reality and appearance are of equal importance. You cannot attend to one and neglect the other. A man must determine both what he is, an….

I can't say I had an ideal father, and I'm not a father myself..

When I was a boy, my grandfather taught me the list of kings: Romulus, Numa Pompilius, Tullus Hostilius, Ancus Marcius, Tarquinius the Elder, Servius….

Not write what you know, but know what you write. If you write about a world before, after, or other than this one, enter that world completely. Sear….

Writing a first novel takes so much effort, with such little promise of result or reward, that it must necessarily be a labour of love bordering on m….

Even the crudest, most derivative novel is an expression of the author's hopes and fears and ideas about good and evil..

We all have a lot of people inside us, yet we get to live only one life. Fiction lets us slip into someone else’s skin, so to speak. That’s why we re….

Im like the painter with his nose to the canvas, fussing over details. Gazing from a distance, the reader sees the big picture..