I guess I just don't like being physically in front of people I don't know very well, because I expect to be "seen through," or, even worse, instantly hated.

I had a messy signature as a child, and my grandmother said this suggested I had no regard for other people. She was right.

The thing I like most about books is that anybody can afford them. They have an innate valuelessness.

Sometimes I get worried I'm getting too caught up in the nauseatingly oily smoothness of my own line, when all I'm trying to do is make it as clear as possible.

I guess I just don't like being physically in front of people I don't know very well, because I expect to be "seen through," or, even worse, instantly hated.

My grandmother was an unparalleled storyteller who gave me a preview of how life might turn out, and also fortified my empathy.

Even the disappointing diffusion of a sheer curtain can suggest the most colorful bouquet of unspeakable secrets.