“If the book is a mystery to its author as she's writing, inevitably it...” — Nicole Krauss Quote

“If the book is a mystery to its author as she's writing, inevitably it's going to be a mystery to the reader as he or she reads it.”

“You can't imagine how hard I am on myself. Nothing pummels me like my own doubts, the feeling of how far I still have to go.”

“What interests me in writing a novel is taking really remote voices, characters, and stories and beginning to create some kind of web.”

“Why wouldn't - how couldn't - an author care about how his or her books look?”

“An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations.”

“If you steal from one author it's plagiarism; if you steal from many it's research.”