Being an outsider is the one thing we all have in common.

Every time I finish a book, I forget everything I learned writing it - the information just disappears out of my head

My sorrow is I used to read all the time and now, as a writer, I don't have the time to read.

This kind of knowing you can never tell to anyone. If you want us to survive, you cannot trust a soul'... 'Not for any reason on this earth. You can never tell.

The sisters were glad to be together. They had the easy sort of relationship where they didn't have to speak to be understood.

I read everything of Ray Bradbury when I was 12 or 13, and I think that's the most effective time to read Bradbury. He built such a moral world, where you have to make decisions and grow up.

Always keep mint on your windowsill in August, to ensure that buzzing flies will stay outside, where they belong. Don't think the summer is over, even when roses droop and turn brown and the stars shift position in the sky. Never presume August is a safe or reliable time of the year.