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

My novels are very much the same, as I think many people's novels are.

It's easier to love a woman when you can't understand a word she's saying.

Time is the most extraordinary gift for friendship. You'll get to eat your meals together and study together; in some cases you'll even sleep in the same room. You'll have time to waste on each other. You'll find out every single thing you have in common and still have time to catalogue all of your differences. Don't underestimate the vital necessity of friendship in your life because it is the thing that will sustain you later, when there will be considerably less time.

Why is it that we understand playing the cello will require work, but we attribute writing to the magic of inspiration?

I am a totally public person.

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