Quotes from Steven Millhauser

we are happy to be here, where the sky has always seemed a little bluer, the leaves a little greener, than in other towns we know.

Do you believe that the actor on the stage is really a villain? Let me ask you something else. If he isn't a villain, then is he a liar?

The more the mouse pursues this line of of thought, the more it seems to him that the cat is a large, soft mouse.

If you read a story with an 'I' or a 'he' or a 'she,' you're in familiar territory - but 'we' is mostly unexplored. I think of 'we' as an adventure.

I began by working in a study in an attic, but for many years, I've used a small room in a library. What matters to me isn't decor or comfort but only quiet. I need to hear the rhythms of phrases, the music of sentences. Any place that allows me to do that is good enough.