I suppose the fantastic is what you imagine, but as soon as you do a fantastic thing, it's no longer fantastic, it becomes real. Interview with The Paris Review (1979)
I've noticed that. They believe the lies far more than they believe the truth. Interview with The Paris Review (1979)
The things you remember have no form. When you write about them, you have to give them a beginning, a middle, and an end. To give life shape—that is what a writer does. That is what is so difficult. Interview with The Paris Review (1979)