Why shouldn’t your curiosity about the world be rewarded?

Books have a unique way of stopping time in a particular moment and saying: Let’s not forget this.

I always like the idea of doing interviews with somebody but completely seriously not ever mentioning what that person is generally known for.

Writing is a deep-sea dive. You need hours just to get into it: down, down, down. If you're called back to the surface every couple of minutes by an email, you can't ever get back down. I have a great friend who became a Twitterer and he says he hasn't written anything for a year.

When we pass by another person without telling them we love them it’s cruel and wrong and we all know this.

We would oppose the turning of the planet and refuse the setting of the sun.

Once a year, she remembers that she is insignificant. Then she forgets agains, because more than she is insignificant, she is forgetful.