Liam really enjoyed a good movie. He found it restful to watch people's conversations without being expected to join in. But he always felt sort of lonesome if he didn't have someone next to him to nudge in the ribs at the good parts.

While armchair travelers dream of going places, traveling armchairs dream of staying put.

Just because we're related doesn't mean we are any good at understanding each other.

I forget a book as soon as I finish writing it, which is not always a good thing

But what I hope for from a book - either one that I write or one that I read - is transparency. I want the story to shine through. I don't want to think of the writer.

I have spent so long erecting partitions around the part of me that writes - learning how to close the door on it when ordinary lfe intervenes, how to close the door on ordinary life when it's time to start writing again - that I'm not sure I could fit the two parts of me back together now.

...if you catalogue grudges, anything looks bad.