Biography

Silence has been destroyed, but also the idea that it's important to learn how another person thinks, to enter the mind of another person. The whole idea of empathy is gone. We are now part of this giant machine where every second we have to take out a device and contribute our thoughts and opinions.

[W]hat I think Ray Bradbury was concerned about [in "Fahrenheit 451" ] a future without books, not just an authoritarian government that burns books but a world where people don't actually want to read.

I've seen Fox News a couple of times. It's a nice transition from the Pravda of yesteryear. It's a party line without a party.

American fiction is good. It would be nice if somebody read it.

How could one not write about today? It's so fascinating. When civilization takes a nose dive, how can you look away? You've got to be there. You've got to be at the bottom of the swimming pool taking notes.