I've been as bad an influence on American literature as anyone I can think of.

American literature has always been immigrant.

I think if German literature could survive the '40s and Russian literature could survive Sovietism, American literature can survive Google.

The adolescent protagonist is one of the hallmarks of American literature.

I have a slightly bad back, which has made an enormous contribution to American literature.

I don't aspire at present to be king of the hill in American literature.