No one should have to go back to the place where she had once been a girl.

It was never the right time or it was always the right time, depending on how you looked at it.

I should figure out why I'm so much more interested in doing something that I think is really hard. But, somehow, the thing that is hard for me feels more noble.

I don't want to stand with somebody's praise.

You can’t control what other people think about your art. Think about the part of yourself that you can control, which is your ability to be kind and loving and creative.

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

If you've had good gin on a hot day in Southern California with the people you love, you forget Nebraska. The two things cannot coexist. The stronger, better of the two wins.