The bigger the hole inside you, the more desperate you became to fill it.

When you’re hurting deeply, you go inward.

When your existence is hell, death must be heaven.

You always knew after shitty things happened, who your friends really were.

I will say overwhelmingly what means so much more to me than the opinion of one reviewer are the letters I get from fans who tell me how a particular book has changed their life.

But you could only remake your own future, not anyone else's, and for some people that just wasn't good enough.

There are certain things I do not talk about.