Love can smack you like a seagull, and pour all over your feet like junk mail.

I was never a fan of anything, and yet some people are fans of my books. That's a bit odd. But I like meeting them.

I kind of always think my work is unfilmable, and when I meet people who are interested in filming it, I'm always stunned.

Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.

They looked at each other like a pair of parentheses.

Even the best plans can change if there's an accident.

If you try to avoid every instance of peer pressure you will end up without any peers whatsoever, and the trick is to succumb to enough pressure that you do not drive your peers away, but not so much that you end up in a situation in which you are dead or otherwise uncomfortable. This is a difficult trick, and most people never master it, and end up dead or uncomfortable at least once during their lives.