When I was a screenwriter, I was doing it for mercenary reasons.

He tells me I look as if I could use a hugand i laugh at him and he ignores me and steps forward and puts his arms around me and hugs me. I warm at the simple pleasure of human contact and for the first time in a long time i actually feel good." (James Frey, pg.38)

The one word love means too little for what it is. It doesn't communicate even a fraction of the feelings involved. Love. The word is not enough for what it is. Love. Love.

I regretted making a comment about Dave Eggers. I’ve never said anything about McSweeneys except that I admire what it is, and I think it’s great that they keep people interested in literature.

Being a writer now is about so much more than writing. There's publishing, touring, marketing, web presence.

In life we often look to others for simple, but difficult answers, despite the fact that we have those answers ourselves.

Being an unpublished novelist has about as much social acceptability as being a shopping bag lady.