Maybe every couple lived in the gaps between conversations, unable to say the important things for fear they had already been said, or couldn't be said; maybe every relationship started over every time two people came together.

I'm a professional. So before I published any novels, I'd always been writing stories.

A writer needs four things to achieve greatness, Pasquale: desire, disappointment, and the sea.” “That’s only three.” Alvis finished his wine. “You have to do disappointment twice.

The stories tend to be what I work on when I'm stuck. Something will just pop into my head and I'll think that's more of a story.

I don't know a family that isn't touched by some sort of addiction.

I'm certainly eclectic in my writing.

I think most Hollywood meetings are silly and I truly despise pitching. It's insane to expect someone to come in and tell you the story before they've written it, and buying an idea from someone who can explain it rather than write it is like choosing a mechanic based on his ability to draw a picture of your car's problem.