I try to write books that are different from the books I've already written. I think one of the thing I really try to do is reinvent how a novel can be written.

Every year, at 8:00 PM on the second Saturday of July, hundreds of people gather along a section of Los Angeles rail track to drop their pants and moon passing passenger trains.

What is the meaning of life?Whatever you want it to be.

I am essentially optimistic. Being alive is incredible. Life is extraordinary and beautiful. It can be hard and sad and terrifying, but it's all we've got.

I feel strong. Not strong enough to face myself, but strong enough to keep going.

I'm pretty good at compartmentalizing things and not allowing things outside of myself to distract me or bother me or affect me in any way.

I listen to the tick of an unseen clock marking moments of time long passed.