If somebody dies and you just go get more popcorn, it’s a superficial experience isn’t it?

She should be on a hill somewhere, under a fruit tree, with the sun and clouds above her and the rain to wash her clean.

Some allies are more dangerous than enemies.

The distinction between literary and genre fiction is stupid and pernicious. It dates back to a feud between Robert Louis Stevenson and Henry James. James won, and it split literature into two streams. But it's a totally false dichotomy.

The unseen enemy is always the most fearsome.

Believe it or not, I worked four summers in college as a sports writer covering baseball for a parks and rec department in Bayonne, N.J.

The only game. The game of thrones.