You're never alone with a book, are you? It's a dialogue.

Time is a player. Time is part of today, not simply a measure of its passing.

My characters are always on the outside; the spotlight's not on them. But they do get somewhere.

You don't get over it because 'it' is the person you loved.

The key to happiness ... is tolerance of those who do not do as you do.

Odd to think that the piece of you I know best is already dead. The cells on the surface of your skin are thin and flat without the blood vessels or nerve endings. Dead cells, thickest on the palms of your hands and the soles of your feet.

Trust me, I'm telling you stories. ... I can change the story. I am the story.