We're so structured and micromanaged, this isn't a world anymore, it's a damn cruise ship.

For years now, I've wanted to fall asleep. The sort of slipping off, the giving up, the falling part of sleep. Now sleeping is the last thing I want to do.

Life's greatest comfort is being able to look over your shoulder and see people worse off, waiting in line behind you.

Ultimately, everyone is acting out of what they feel is the best choice. In a way, they're all trying to improve the world. And I think that those basic choices make the world a better place.

Real writers write because they love to write. They don't write for public acclaim.

You're always haunted by the idea you're wasting your life.

I see so many tattoos of my stuff on people - tattoos of my book covers, tattoos of quotes . . . it's kind of daunting sometimes.