It was a sound like someone trying not to make a sound.

I believe in plot, in development of character, in the effect of the passage of time, in a good story - better than something you might find in the newspaper. And I believe a novel should be as complicated and involved as you're capable of making it.

I have pretty thick skin, and I think if you're going to be in this business, if you're going to be an actor or a writer, you better have a thick skin.

...every study of the gods, of everyone's gods, is a revelation of vengeance towards the innocent.

I never know when I finish the novel I am writing which will be the next novel out of the station.

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

You can learn a lot from your lovers, but-for the most part-you get to keep your friends longer, and you learn more from them.