You know people don't get better as we get older- we just get more of who we are.

If I don't feel like writing today or for a few days, I don't. And I don't think about it. It is not an obligation-it is the greatest privilege.

Everyone coming out of a perfume store is smelling the back of their hand.

I don't like to have to pan for gold when I read.

Yo can always take back the lost parts of yourself if you can find and recognize them.

Writing a short story is like having a short intense affair, whereas writing a novel is like a long rich marriage.

The only question that nobody ever asks is: What breaks your heart? I think that should be asked of all "artists."... So, what breaks your heart?