T. C. Boyle

As humans, we all want our own island. Of course, the truth is, we're never going to get it.

I'm enslaved to writing to the point where I sacrifice almost everything else.

The compulsively readable events of my life occurred mainly in infancy, and it's been pretty humdrum ever since.

A kid is something precious, and you want to protect it and keep it fun. I'm not a dad, but I've seen people and how they behave with their kids.

It's hard to imagine anyone interested in film not being a fan of Alfred Hitchcock because he's such a key influence on the entire history of cinema - it's hard to escape his shadow.

Jokes are very curious things psychologically.