If I'm writing by intuition, generally that calculation works itself out. But if I'm writing a mystery, and somebody has to have a reason for doing what he's doing, and it's not anything I can imagine myself wanting to do, things get a little more difficult to write, and careless mistakes are made.

I was no scholar in college, and was arrogant about what I thought.

Hiding under the bed doesn't make the worry stop.

I have the feeling that I know who I am, only I'm not anymore.

You could say that all of life is a series of last chances.

She couldn’t get any farther away inside from her skin. She couldn’t get away.

All I wanted to do was read, to be told stories. Stories were full of excitement and emotions and characters that entertained and often inspired.