Human beings are such knotted, desperate pieces of work-it's a rare thing to know one completely, to the core, and still love him.

I have advice for new writers, first of all, at any time in the history of publishing in my experience, there will be endless number people telling you that you can't do what you are trying to do. You won't succeed, there's something else you should be doing.

When I'm in the middle of a book it can go up from there. When you're putting in those hours, the real world kind of fades and the world you're creating becomes almost more real to you than the outside world.

I survive by finding the sweet spot between reason and unreason, between the rational and irrational.

Human beings are such knotted, desperate pieces of work-it's a rare thing to know one completely, to the core, and still love him.

I was looking forward to having a halo. It would make such a convenient reading lamp.

Have fun, entertain yourself with your work, make yourself laugh and cry with your own stories, make yourself shiver in suspense along with your characters. If you can do that, then you will most likely find a large audience; but even if a large audience is never found, you'll have a happy life.