Stories end in reverie, tragedy, or forgiveness.

In the library I felt better, words you could trust and look at till you understood them, they couldn't change half way through a sentence like people, so it was easier to spot a lie.

I had been taught to look for monsters and devils and I found ordinary people.

Love is the one thing stronger than desire and the only proper reason to resist temptation.

If I let them take away my demons, I'll have to give up what I've found.

We [fiction writers] are much more of a maze than we are a motorway. Things are always in flux, they're always in movement, they're always twisting back on each other. I think the straight line is such a lie.

I never cared about money.