This is what I love about novels - both reading them and writing them. They jump into the abyss to be with you where you are.

We're all just facilitators. The real business is done by readers.

I change my keyboard between every book. I usually shop around. I'm very passionate about the physical feel of pressing the keys. It's got to have the right springiness. I tend to find the built-in keys very unsatisfying, the keys are low-profile and don't really do anything - I want it to feel like I'm typing.

She was up and down—from fire and brimstone to smoke and ashes.

You know, like when you look in the mirror and the thing you see is not the thing as it really is.

That's why I like you. Do you realize how rare it is to come across a hot girl who creates a adjectival version of the word pedophile? You are so busy being you that you have no idea how utterly unprecedented you are.

We'd failed, maybe, but some mysteries aren't meant to be solved.