Thomas Pynchon is an enigma shrouded in a mystery veiled in anonymity.

'If the U.S. was a person,' he later became fond of saying, 'and it sat down, Columbus, Ohio would instantly be plunged into darkness'

It is usually not wise to discuss matters of costume with people like this,- politics or religion being far safer topicks.

If America was a person,- and it sat down,- Lancaster town would be plunged into a Darkness unbreathable.

In as much as any invisible, unbelievable, unknowable fictional character is, yes.

Fame is almost a poison. I couldn't care less, in fact I lived better when I was a nobody.

He had no living relatives anywhere capable of leaving him a fortune in a will. He owed no money. He had never stolen anything, never cheated anybody. Never fa…