I feel like they are two different things, and when I write books, they're just books. If they can be movies that's okay. But I would write a novel that couldn't be a film.

I really look at my childhood as being one giant rusty tuna can that I continue to recycle in many different shapes.

I never listen to music when I write.

This is what you should know about losing someone you love. They do not travel alone. You go with them.

I don't believe in the concept of a soul mate. Because we are all unique, but we're also simply too similar.

God, I felt certain, did not mind that I didn’t press my hands together to pray. I was casual, but I was sincere. I knew that God existed as the Correct Answer inside my chest.

My thoughts seem thick, ketchup stuck in a bottle. Like trying to feel someone's face while wearing goosedown mittens.