I dream. Sometimes I think that’s the only right thing to do. To dream, to live in the world of dreams. But it doesn’t last forever. Wakefulness always comes to take me back.

A friend to kill time is a friend sublime.

When I'm running I don't have to talk to anybody and don't have to listen to anybody. This is a part of my day I can't do without.

Listen up—there’s no war that will end all wars,’ Crow tells me. ‘War breeds war. Lapping up the blood shed by violence, feeding on wounded flesh. War is a perfect, self-contained being. You need to know that.

Young people these days don't trust anything at all. They want to be free.

If writing novels is like planting a forest, then writing short stories is more like planting a garden.

Things may look different to you than they did before. I've had that experience myself. But don't let appearances fool you. There's only one reality.