I believe, in my better moments, that there is a plan and things go not the way we want them to but the way they should.

I tend to keep my ideas in my head. When I write something down in a notebook it's never centralized. There are too many notebooks floating around, but maybe that's a good thing.

Thank God Roxane Coss had not fallen in love with one of the Russians. She doubted they could make it up the stairs without stopping for a cigarette and telling at least one loud story that no one could understand.

That's one of the many things about having the bookstore that I adore. I can walk into the store and say to somebody, "I'm glad you're reading this book" or "I'm glad you're getting this book" or "Don't get that book. I read that book and hated that book. Let's get you this book instead."

I saw that my best work was my most personal work, which is odd, because my fiction is very far afield and has nothing to do with my life.

You are the same person in every aspect of your life, and you have to be a responsible person in every aspect of your life.

I made a startling discovery. Time spent writing = output of work. Amazing.