"Everything's complicated, even those things that seem flat in their bleakness or sadness."

"Sequels are very rarely a good idea, and in any case, the success of the book changed my relationship with the club in some ways."

"I don't want my books to exclude anyone, but if they have to, then I would rather they excluded the people who feel they are too smart for them!"

"We can't be as good as we'd want to, so the question then becomes, how do we cope with our own badness?"