We will often do anything to pretend that nothing is on our minds.

The unspoken factor is love. The reason I can work so hard at my writing is that it's not work for me.

The main character and the most important character are not always the same person - you have to know the difference.

If you presume to love something, you must love the process of it much more than you love the finished product.

but writers, Garp knew, were just observers - good and ruthless imitators of human behavior.

I certainly think Obama is the most hopeful president I've seen in the country since John Kennedy.

If you can't love crudeness, how can you truly love mankind?