I have a lot of cultural references that have amassed in my brain like shrapnel over the years that are meaningful to me.

I think that by the time I start writing the third book, of course, I will be President Of The United States, and that also will have something to do with it. I'll probably have to acknowledge that somehow.

A lot of my time is spent reading antique or out-of-print books of reference.

Lies are just another kind of storytelling, but with the very distinct and enlivening motive of desperation. Since writers are by nature desperate creatures, they usually do a pretty good (or pretty awful, but always interesting) job of lying.

I realized that even in a world of proliferating media venues, online and in print, and on TV and on countless cable channels, the idea that I could be considered an expert on chronic knee pain was I think troubling for society, but very exciting for me.

I say, if you're going to eat a creature alive, you have to expect some screaming. That is the carnivore's burden.

I know nothing about letting go.