Death was not the opposite of life. It was already here, within my being, it had always been here, and no struggle would permit me to forget that.

Artists are those who can evade the verbose.

Sometimes taking time is actually a shortcut.

What's nurtured slowly grows well.

For some reason all the middle-aged women he knew were very efficient.

The dead will always be dead, but we have to go on living.

When I write about a 15-year old, I jump, I return to the days when I was that age. It's like a time machine. I can remember everything. I can feel the wind. I can smell the air. Very actually. Very vividly.