is Pynchon a recluse?

[Otto]

KWP wrote:
"If I were Pynchon and would see f. e. what's going on on this list
sometimes, I would also hold distance to some "admirers". But let's be
serious: there may be a very simple reason for his "shyness" in the public:
the author is the worst interpreter of his own work.And P. knows that."

Or contrary he's the best and would take away all of the fun by telling too
much.

O.