That's what makes best friends. It's not whether or not you live on the same block or go to the same school, but how you feel about each other in your hearts.

I think writers are the history keepers, right? We're the ones who are bearing witness to what's going on in the world. And I feel like it's our job to put that down on paper, and put it out into the world, so that it can be remembered.

I believe in one day and someday and this perfect moment called Now.

You can't always be pushing people away. Someday nobody'll come back.

I pay a lot of attention to whitespace. I pay a lot of attention to the rhythm of words together.

When I was a kid, I got in trouble for lying a lot, and I had a teacher say, instead of lying, write it down, because if you write it down, it's not a lie anymore; it's fiction.

Yes, writing is not easy. But can any writer imagine NOT writing?