Any institution becomes a community - whether it's a high school or a boarding school or a publishing company or a small town where everybody knows certain things about people.

We are only an instant, that's true. But we are eternal.

I think growing up is difficult and it's a process that I'm always interested in, with kids and adults, they are often on two different universes.

Once you know some things, you can't unknow them. It's a burden that can never be given away.

The voice that arises out of the silence is something no one can imagine until it is heard. It roars when it speaks, it lies to you and convinces you, it steals from you and leaves you without a single word of comfort.

She can feel his blood, just beneath his skin; when he breathes, the air fills with smoke. He's like a dragon, ancient and fearless.

I never see a novel as a film while I'm writing it. Mostly because novels and films are so different, and I'm such an internal novelist