I feel more a part of the wrestling community than I feel I belong to the community of arts and letters. Why? Because wrestling requires even more dedication than writing because wrestling represents the most difficult and rewarding objective that I have ever dedicated myself to; because wrestling and wrestling coaches are among the most disciplined and self-sacrificing people I have ever known.

Ambition robs you of your childhood. The moment you want to become an adult—in any way—something in your childhood dies.

My life as a writer consists of 1/8 talent and 7/8 discipline.

A woman half dressed seemed to have some power, but a man was simply not as handsome as when he was naked, and not as secure as when he was clothed.

I have always believed that, in a story, if something traumatic or calamitous enough happens to a kid at a formative age, that will make him or her the adult they become.

Gender mattered a whole lot less to Shakespeare than it seems to matter to us.

We invent what we love and what we fear.