I did it to win love, and to prove myself capable. Not to move mountains. In my opinions, mountains don't move. They only look changed when you look down on them from great height.

Loose lips sink ships.

Something in me was always watching life from the outside, permanently obsessed with the notion of belonging vs. not-belonging [to a group]. It did not make for a happy childhood, but it was excellent training for a writer.

The friend who holds your hand and says the wrong thing is made of dearer stuff than the one who stays away.

The most important part of a story is the piece of it you don't know.

The standard approach has been to pump up the dosage of chemicals ... Twenty percent of these approved-for-use pesticides are listed by the EPA as carcinogenic in humans.

I don't bring expectations to any of my books. I don't tell people what to do. I want to invite them in.