“I tried to be diplomatic, but mostly I just lied a lot.”
“That was asking a lot of my readers, I realized, but I was trying to write the novel I would most enjoy decoding.”
“…I go through a story for lies. I might discover the lie of trying to show off. Sometimes they’re lies of character. Sometimes they are lies of writing the most beautiful sentence in the world that has nothing to do with the story.”
“You weren't able to talk sense into him?"Well, we kind of tried to kill each other in a duel to the death."I see. You tried the diplomatic approach.”
“The most diplomatic statement you can use for the person you hate:"If I would have water, and you would be on fire,...I would drink IT.”
“How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they see them in print.”