There's always a price you pay when you lie. Once you introduce a lie into a relationship, even for the best of intentions, it is always there. Whenever you’re with that person again, that lie is in the room too. It sits on your shoulder. Good lie or bad lie, it's in the room with you forever now. It's your constant companion.

Amazing what we can self-rationalize when we really want something

The first sip of beer on a hot day is like that first finger-dip when you open a new jar of peanut butter.

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

A novel is like a sausage. You might like the final taste but you don't want to see how it was made.

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.

I would never write a memoir, because it would be too boring.