The most interesting things that happen in my books are usually the things that arise spontaneously, the things that surprise me.

Mine is not an autonomous imagination.

I envy those writers who outline their novels, who know where they're going. But I find writing is a process of discovery.

Love is the eternal quest: almost everyone wants to love and be loved.

My former wife is a very eccentric woman, which is why I still love her.

I'd like to have the kind of house someday where a carousel horse wouldn't be out of place in the living room.

Things happen, people change,' is what Amanda said. For her that covered it. You wanted an explanation, and ending that would assign blame and dish up justice. You considered violence and you considered reconciliation . But what you are left with is a premonition of the way your life will fade behind you, like a book you have read too quickly, leaving a dwindling trail of images and emotions, until all you can remember is a name.