Salzburg... is a mountain town with a rushing river running right through the center, everything in the rain various shades of green and brown.

Most men think they are good drivers. Most women think they are good in bed. They aren't.

I find you write with one person in mind. Usually for me that one person is my wife, because she's my most severe critic and understands best what I'm trying to do.

The problem with waiting for someone, whether that wait is an hour or a lifetime, is everyone's 'clock' is different. So what you might consider forever is only a little while to them, or vice versa.

Some people are like blue jeans- the older and more beat up they get, the better they look.

Kids own nothing. Everything is either promised, borrowed, longed for or exaggerated.

At a Boston signing, someone from the audience asked why I was so obsessed with furniture in my books. The question rattled around in my head. I had no idea that I was obsessed with furniture.