There are, of course, people who didn't create the trouble they're in, but lots of them do.

Writing is a job, a talent, but it's also the place to go in your head. It is the imaginary friend you drink your tea with in the afternoon.

Guns are dangerous and damaging even when no one gets shot. They really do loom.

There are, of course, people who didn't create the trouble they're in, but lots of them do.

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

You are always someones favorite unfolding story

I love telling people what to read. It's my favorite thing in the world, to buy books and force books on people, take bad books away from people, give them better books.