The quality of gifts depends on the sincerity of the giver.

I don't write for an audience, I don't think whether my book will sell, I don't sell it before I finish writing it.

The timing of the electrical failure seemed dramatic and perfectly correct, as if the lights had said, "You have no need for sight. Listen.

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

Reading fiction is important. It is a vital means of imagining a life other than our own, which in turn makes us more empathetic beings.

It was all in my head and now all I had to do was figure out a way to get it down on paper.

Home, bed, sleep, mother--who knew more beautiful words than these?