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I think everything we do, on one level or another, as writers, most of our writing is informed by our world view. It's informed by our own understanding of spirituality; things that matter, things that are important to us. I write about things that matter for me.

I think writers are observers and watchers. We always have our ears open and eyes open, so I might see something in everyday life that inspires me. And I think that's probably more than anything else. Everyday life is where I get my inspiration.

I think as the world changes, we have to keep up. We have to note what is happening, and I think writing has always had a powerful corrective influence and possibility. We have to write about what's good, and we also have to write about parts of our culture that are not good, that are not working out. I think it takes a new eye.

A writer's job is to give the reader a larger vision of the world.

Writers have an opinion about the world and offer arguments about the world. They should offer contemplation.

I think the job of writing and literature is to encourage each one of us to believe that we're living in a story.

I think writing for a world one has invented can be infinitely more interesting than writing for the world we've all inherited.

Writing is incredibly important to me as a way of handling the world, understanding how it works.

Writing and reading fiction is, I think, a human effort to make sense of the world.

Isn't that what writing is about? The constant attempt to understand the world?