Let things be, let yourself be, let everything be and accept it as it is. Nothing more. Nothing less.

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

Pain is the feeling. Suffering is the effect the pain inflicts. If one can endure pain, one can live without suffering. If one can withstand pain, one can withstand anything. If one can learn to control pain, one can learn to control oneself.

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.

We live in a world that's very fast, where we get bombarded with huge amounts of information very quickly, and I have tried to tailor my voice to the times, which I think, writers, over the course of history - many have always done.

There are places from which you cannot return. There is damage that can be irreparable.

I look at pastries and cakes, tarts and pies. My body craves sugar, always craves sugar. Years of alcohalism and the high level of sugar in alcohal created the craving, which I feed with candy and soda.