We're surrounded by mandates, and I believe that literature should be mandate-free. I feel very strongly about that.

How pointless life could be, what a foolish business of inventing things to love, just so you could dread losing them.

Our house is like an empty cigarette packet, lying around reminding you what's not in it.

If you're writing, you're a writer. If you're talking about it or thinking about it, I'm not so sure. Writing is ninety-eight percent work and two percent magic.

Now I'm starting to think he wasn't supposed to be my whole life, he was just this doorway to me.

This Forest eats itself and lives forever.

...whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. And peace will be with you.