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.

The wounds that never heal can only be mourned alone.

When I go to an art gallery and stand in front of a painting, I don't want someone telling me what I should be seeing or thinking; I want to feel whatever I feel, see whatever I see, and figure out what I figure out.

Its not just a smile of momentary happiness. When it disappears from my face, it will stay with me.

If I was gonna write a book that was true, and I was gonna write a book that was honest, then I was gonna have to write about myself in very, very negative ways.

He pulled out turned west and started driving towards the glow it was thousands of miles away, he started driving towards the glow.

I'm a writer. I never expected to be recognised on the street. I never expected to get that kind of coverage, good or bad. I never expected to sell as many books as I have.