The day that this country ceases to be free for irreligion, it will cease to be free for religion.
“Short-story writing requires an exquisite sense of balance. Novelists, frankly, can get away with more. A novel can have a dull spot or two, because the reader has made a different commitment.”
“I swear to God, if you saw me when I am by myself in the woods, I'm a lunatic. I sing, I dance.”