I've always liked libraries. They're quiet and full of books and full of knowledge.

Writing is fun - at least mostly. I write for four hours every day. After that I go running. As a rule, 10 kilometers (6.2 miles). That's easy to manage.

We all die and disappear, but that's because the mechanism of the world itself is built on destruction and loss.

An expectation was there, mixed in with so many other emotions - excitement, resignation, hesitation, confusion, fear - that would well up then wither on the vine. You're optimistic one moment, only to be racked the next by the certainty that it will all fall to pieces. And in the end it does.

The best musicians transpose consciousness into sound; painters do the same for color and shape.

I was enjoying myself writing, because I don't know what's going to happen when I take a ride around that corner. You don't know at all what you're going to find there. That can be thrilling when you read a book, especially when you're a kid and you're reading stories.

I don't know how many good books I still have in me; I hope there are another four or five.