Time has a funny way of collapsing when you go back to a place you once loved. You find yourself thinking, I was kissed in that building, I climbed up that tree.

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.

One must not be shy where language is concerned.

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

I always feel it is a shortcoming of mine as a reader and as a writer that I frankly need to like somebody.

That's important to me, to recommend books.

Art stands on the shoulders of craft, which means that to get to the art, you must master the craft.