I know I don't need him, but I think I want him.

When everything is immediately available and infinitely reproducible, nothing is valuable.

It always helps me connect with characters, to think about what music they respond to

Needing and getting don’t seem likely to match up any time soon... What needs doing is mine to do.

I remember my father checking on a mountain kid who hadn't been coming to school. My father had this beautiful Harris tweed overcoat. He came back with a knife cut all down one side. The parents had told him it was none of his business why their son wasn't going to school.

I've always thought Harper Lee might have made a great decision. Much as you'd like to have more books by her, there's something about just one that's kind of mysterious and nice. On the other hand, the New York gossip about me was that I'd never write another book. So I thought, 'Well, I will then.

You never know when somebody will pull you to them.