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I tend to read non-fiction.

Basically, I think of fiction and non-fiction as different ways of engaging with the world. You reach a point where you feel you have said all you possibly can, in reportage or a review essay or a reflection on history, which 'From the Ruins of Empire' was.

I generally find fiction without some move to the weird, less imaginative, dull, prosaic. Not all of it, of course, but a lot of it. I suppose it's just a question of taste.

What I like about non-fiction is that it covers such a huge territory. The best non-fiction is also creative.

What I've always been most interested in is exposing the way stories and fantasies reconstitute our everyday reality. What appears to be non-fiction is not only totally mysterious, unfathomable, and strange when you really look at what it is.

One reason we love fiction is because stories have a comforting shape. They provide a resolution that's lacking in our regular lives.

Most fiction comes from your experience.

But I don't read a lot of fiction. I prefer the nonfiction stuff.

I rather like getting away from fiction.

I don't generally read a lot of fiction.