Every so often, late at night, I come downstairs, open one of my books, read a paragraph and say, My God. I sit there and cry because I feel that I'm not responsible for any of this. It's from God. And I'm so grateful, so, so grateful. The best description of my career as a writer is at play in the fields of the Lord. It's been wonderful fun and I'll be damned where any of it came from. I've been fortunate. Very fortunate.
The Paris Review interview (2010)