I'm a writer because I love reading. I love the conversation between a reader and a writer, and that it all takes place in a book-sort of a neutral ground. A writer puts down the words, and a reader interprets the words, and every reader will read a book differently. I love that.

Using a dog as a narrator has limitations and it has advantages. The limitations are that a dog cannot speak. A dog has no thumbs. A dog can't communicate his thoughts except with gestures.

I gotta be honest with you...I hate numbers. I hate chapter numbers. I hate them.

People speak of a will to live. They rarely speak of a will to die. Because people are afraid of death. Death is dark and unknown and frightening. But not for me. It is not the end.

Racing is about discipline and intelligence, not about who has the heavier foot. The one who drives smart will always win in the end.

People and their rituals. They cling to things so hard sometimes.

We had a good run, and now it’s over; what’s wrong with that?