Fundamentalism - of any variety - is a form of illiteracy, in that it asserts that it is necessary to read only one book.

Writing is a form of licensed madness.

I worry about children not having a sense of any direct connection to the past.

I don't really see any barrier between teenage fiction and adult literature.

Normally, I'm a grumpy old man - whenever I read about celebrity, I start to grind my teeth and pull my hair; it seems synonymous with idiocy.

I'm opposed to fundamentalism in any form.