Hope is cruel. Hope reminds me of what almost was. Hope makes the physical ache return.

The actual writing time is a lot shorter than the thinking time. I don't do too many notes. I keep it mostly in my head. I usually start writing a new book around January, and it's due October 1.

Kate Atkinson is an absolute must-read. I love everything she writes.

In real life, coincidences happen all the time. In novels, they are leapt upon with fury.

..."better to have loved and lost" bullshit. Don't show me paradise and then burn it down.

Im 48 years old, not a kid anymore by any definition, but here is a universal truth that every adult at some point will realize: We are all always 17 years old, waiting for our lives to begin.

There are few times that I feel more at peace, more in tune, more Zen, if you will, than when I force myself to unplug.