With each passing moment I'm becoming part of the past. There is no future for me, just the past steadily accumulating.

You have to dream intentionally. Most people dream a dream when they are asleep. But to be a writer, you have to dream while you are awake, intentionally.

Not just beautiful, though--the stars are like the trees in the forest, alive and breathing. And they're watching me.

The better you were able to imagine what you wanted to imagine, the farther you could flee from reality.

You have to be practical. So every time I say, if you want to write a novel you have to be practical, people get bored. They are disappointed. They are expecting a more dynamic, creative, artistic thing to say. What I want to say is: you have to be practical.

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.

That's what the world is , after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.