We face up to awful things because we can't go around them, or forget them. The sooner you get it over with, the sooner you say 'Yes, it happened, and there's nothing I can do about it,' the sooner you can get on with your own life. You've got children to bring up. So you've got to get over it. What we have to get over, somehow we do. Even the worst things.

I think it's important to leave spaces in a story for readers to fill in from their own experience.

We're all strange inside. We learn how to disguise our differences as we grow up.

It's easier to die if others around you are dying.

I wish I knew how to quit you.

If you are looking for smart judging based on merit, skip the Academy Awards next year and pay attention to the Independent Spirit Awards.

I would rather be dead than not read