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I think the reason my stories have been so successful is that I have a strong sense of metaphor.

Metaphor is embodied in language.

Metaphors are fine if they aid understanding, but sometimes they get in the way.

The thing about metaphors is that, if you give them away, you give away the mystery.

Metaphor lives a secret life all around us. We utter about six metaphors a minute.

Metaphor creates a kind of conceptual synesthesia, in which we understand one concept in the context of another.

Key metaphors help determine what and how we perceive and how we think about our perceptions.

Metaphor matters because it creates expectations.

I've gotten very alert not just to mixed metaphor but to any writing mistake.

Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space.