It happens to many teenagers-that moment when you feel full of resentment or distrust for those adults you once loved unquestioningly.

More than a half, maybe as much as two-thirds of my life as a writer is rewriting. I wouldn't say I have a talent that's special. It strikes me that I have an unusual kind of stamina.

Owen Meany believed that “coincidence” was a stupid, shallow refuge sought by stupid, shallow people who were unable to accept the fact that their lives were shaped by a terrifying and awesome design – more powerful and unstoppable than the Yankee Flyer. (a train)

There's no reason you should write any novel quickly.

The former stewardess glared at her ex-pilot husband as if he had been speaking, and thinking, in the absence of sufficient oxygen.

Lilly was not crazy. She left a serious suicide note. 'Sorry,' said the note. 'Just not big enough.

So, I don't work in terms of real time. I don't work in a timely fashion.