We live in a moment and a culture when reading is really endangered. There's simply no way to write well, though, if you're not reading well.

When does a fake Mohawk become a real Mohawk? Who decides? How do you know if it's happened?

The pause makes you think the song will end. And then the song isn't really over, so you're relieved. But then the song does actually end, because every song ends, obviously, and THAT. TIME. THE. END. IS. FOR. REAL.

I’m sorry and I believe in you and I’ll always be near you, protecting you, and I will never leave you, I’ll be curled around your heart for the rest of your life.

Goon Squad' took about three years to write and that's the short end. My second novel, 'Look at Me,' took six years.

Reading is the nourishment that lets you do interesting work.

It was the hat. He looked sweet in the hat. How could a man in a fuzzy blue hat have used human bones to pave his roads?