A fanatic is a nut who has something to believe in.

The hard rain nailed the night to the city.

I build a book the way coral reefs are built: millions of little calcareous skeletons piling up one atop another, though in my case the skeletons are drafts.

The biggest advice is being true to what you want to do. Don't worry if other people understand it or don't understand it. If what you're doing has merit, it will find its way.

And the funny thing was if you made the best of it, if you smiled through every storm, the bad things were never as terrible as you expected them to be, and the good things were better than anything you could have wished for yourself.

It was one of those rare times when remembering the dead was more inmportant than tending to the needs of the living.

Even in the darkest moments, light exists if you have faith to see it.