In "Faithful," Ray Bradbury is discussed a lot. The characters read "The Illustrated Man."

He was in love, and people in that condition did stupid, unfathomable things. They were all flawed, every single one.

I'm much faster now. When you only have a certain amount of time to write, after a while you learn to use your time well or you stop writing

Hawthorne has given us a tradition that some people refer to as Yankee Magic Realism, and I do think there is a certain quality to the landscape that definitely leads into the dark woods.

It was a great escape for me and it was a way to take a break from what was going on in my own world, to go into another world.

I thought you were supposed to be the champion of your people,' I said. I live because I need to do that. For anyone who is left.' Don't you see? No one will be left. Protect them now or there will be no one to protect!' This is a battle that goes on and on. It never ends. You're too young to understand. No! You're too much of a coward to fight.' I was sick of lies and secrets and of battles so old we had to erase who we were to fight back. And still we lost. Still we were tied to posts.

The moon is always jealous of the heat of the day, just as the sun always longs for something dark and deep.