But of course there is always a hamartia and yours is that oh, my God, even though you HAD FREAKING CANCER you give money to a company in exchange for the chance to acquire YET MORE CANCER.

I don't know why boys expect us to like boy movies. We don't expect them to like girl movies.

Becoming a father made me much more interested in the parent character in my novels. I've never found parents that interesting.

That is, to me at least, one of the most helpful and useful things books do for us: They are generous enough to allow us to choose what matters to us.

You cannot invent an algorithm that is as good at recommending books as a good bookseller.

The Degree to which I am blessed staggers me... the degree to which I take that for granted shames me. -Streetwalking with Jesus

This one's for Alaska Young!