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

The best thing about being a fiction writer is that where the truth is inconvenient, I could veer away.

I'd rather let the fiction speak for itself and I don't want to write fiction that tells people how to feel, and I don't want to be judgmental in the fiction.

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.

I just want fiction to remain a vital force for entertainment and not just for contemplation. Both things can exist.

I don't generally read a lot of fiction.

I tend to prefer the shelter of fiction.

Fiction is harder for me than nonfiction - more gratifying, as a result, when it succeeds.

There's more fiction in my life than in books, so I don't bother with them.