Very often I'll find out at the end of a book what I put in at the beginning. A sort of process of elimination and discovery in one.

You have to walk carefully in the beginning of love; the running across fields into your lover's arms can only come later when you're sure they won't laugh if you trip.

Krakow is one of my favorite places on earth. It is a medieval city full of young people. A wonderful, striking combination.

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

The only two important things in life are real love and being at peace with yourself.

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.

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