I think that if you're somebody who's a control freak, the process would make you crazy, but I'm kind of a process freak, so I'm excited to see what he does with it. I know it's not going to be my book, so just starting with that knowledge frees me from having to get all freaked out about it.

I like gardening - it's a place where I find myself when I need to lose myself.

But I know I would not go out. I had taken this time to fall in love instead — in love with the sort of helplessness I had not felt in death — the helplessness of being alive, the dark bright pity of being human — feeling as you went, groping in corners and opening your arms to light - all of it part of navigating the unknown.

I wanted to be the moron of the family, because morons seemed to have more fun, more freedom and more personality.

Like a medical procedure,' Ruth said. 'Intricate surgery is needed to patch up the planet.

Sometimes you cry, Susie, even when someone you love has been gone a long time.

I think you only learn what kind of personality you have by committing to things.