I know that for every reader who has lost the habit or can't find the time, there are people who've never enjoyed reading and question the value of literature, either as entertainment or education, or believe that a love of books, and of fiction in particular, is sentimental or frivolous.

A joke was not a single-use item but something you brought out again and again until it fell apart in your hand like a cheap umbrella.

As a novelist, I'm incredibly lucky to make a living, but that doesn't mean that I don't lie awake at four o'clock in the morning, worrying.

Failure and unhappiness is easier because you can make a joke out of it.

These days grief seems like walking on a frozen river; most of the time he feels safe enough, but there is always that danger that he will plunge through.

She made you decent, and in return you made her so happy

Find the thing you love, and do it with all your heart, to the absolute best of your ability, no matter what people say.