You can’t pick up and leave everything behind because there is too much sadness in the world and not enough places to go.

Maybe the private life wasn't forever. Maybe everyone got it for a little while and then spent the rest of their lives remembering.

I don't really do anything with the Internet except check my email. I have a much higher opinion of humanity because of that.

We have different kinds of intimacy with many, many people. I'm disappointed by well-written novels that only deal with two or three people.

I was always on time, I did my work to exact specifications, I spoke when spoken to.

I will go and speak at rotary clubs. I will go and speak at schools. I'm so much in the community, but in a way that I love. It's been such a positive thing.

This is my job, my livelihood: the health and the well-being of the publishing industry. We're all responsible for this.