Nothing can be delicious when you are holding your breath.

You are going to love some of your characters because they are you or some facet of you, and you are going to hate some of your characters for the same reason.

Rest and laughter are the most spiritual and subversive acts of all. Laugh, rest, slow down.

We cheated, you and me, and someone noticed. I noticed you; someone else noticed me. It hurts us. That's not so bad. So many people cheat. Everywhere on every level. Everyone's cheated. I'm just saying that you don't need to see yourself as a cheater. Because that's not who you are. You're someone who cheated. There's a difference, and you should try to get that difference, or that's who you'll grow up to be.

I don't want something special. I want something beautifully plain.

He got me a cup of tea with honey, toast with honey, yogurt with honey, like I was John the Baptist with the flu.

Tell the truth as you understand it. If you're a writer, you have a moral obligation to do this. And it is a revolutionary act - truth is always subversive.