I Think Women Are Excellent Social Critics.

I Have Written A Lot About Snakes. There's Something Pretty Primordial About It.

People Who Were Born Alone Are Defined By Feelings Like "who's Gonna Be With Me When I Die? Who Will Ever Understand Me? Will I Always Feel So Alone? Maybe If I Write A Book..." And You Forget That That Doesn't Help You So Much.

Freedon Is A Scary Thing. Most People Don't Want It.

. . . I Wrote A Letter To Thomas Pynchon Asking, Can I Have Your Permission To Try To Make An [adaptation] Of Your Book? And I Had No Idea That He Would Answer Me, Because He's Pretty Elusive. But He Did Send A Letter Back That Said, Yes, You Can Do That - As Long As The Only Instrument In The Opera Is A Banjo. I Thought, That's An Interesting Way Of Saying No.

That's Really A Very Different Experience: You Don't Have To Look To Be Understood. You're Already Understood.