Sex scenes in books are always like first person, from this male perspective and just about how awesome he is. It feels like such a fantasy.

I was getting close to thirty and was trying on the idea of becoming more mature. I was reading more. I had gone out and bought a lot of shirts.

The more I write, the more I've come to realize that books have a different place in our society than other media. Books are different from television or film because they ask you to finish the project. You have to be actively engaged to read a book. It's more like a blueprint. What it really is, is an opportunity... A book is a place where you're forced to use your imagination. I find it disappointing that you're not being asked to imagine more.

Where do you go when you die? Ha ha. Go on, go on and tell her, Billy." Billy smiles. "You become a little voice in someone's ear telling them that things will be alright.

When she cries, it is quiet, tearless, almost completely imperceptible: one more unheard prayer.

The world of evil is only as evil as we allow it to be.

An act of evil is the death of wonder