I suspect that marriage is like parenthood: every last one of us is an amateur at it.

I hated childhood, and spent it sitting behind a book waiting for adulthood to arrive.

I love to think about chance - about how one little overheard word, one pebble in a shoe, can change the universe.

Bravest thing about people is how they go on loving mortal beings after finding out there's such a thing as dying.

I'll write maybe one long paragraph describing the events, then a page or two breaking the events into chapters, and then reams of pages delving into my characters. After that, I'm ready to begin

I write because I want to have more than one life.

It's true that writing is a solitary occupation, but you would be surprised at how much companionship a group of imaginary characters can offer once you get to know them.