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.

I would rather raise certain topics and maybe let you ruminate on them. I'm not big on answering them.

Memories, you see, hurt. The good ones most of all.

This is the price you pay for having a great father. You get the wonder, the joy, the tender moments - and you get the tears at the end, too.

I like to go out and write. So I'll often go to a Starbucks or a local coffee bar, and I'll sit there and I'll write. I can write pretty much anywhere.

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

The ugliest truth, in the end, was still better than the prettiest of lies.