When it comes to memories, the good and the bad never balance.

It's because of libraries that books like mine get recommended to book clubs and avid readers, who in turn pass them onto others looking to be whisked away from the world for a little while...and perhaps to learn a bit about themselves in the process.

You can't pay a landlord in dogma.

I am an activist. I have a really big pulpit with my fiction and I love knowing that I can make people think.

You can't look back - you just have to put the past behind you, and find something better in your future.

Most people in America want an easy read. I call it McFiction - books which pass right through you without you even digesting them. I don't mean a book that has two-syllable words. I mean chapters you can read in a toilet break. Happy endings. We are more of a TV culture.

Envy, after all, comes from wanting something that isn't yours. But grief comes from losing something you've already had.