To remember my values, I need to lose certain tastes and find other handles for the memories that they once helped me carry.

I'm not funny. People assume that because my books are funny, I'll be funny in real life. It's the inevitable disappointment of meeting me.

What is being awake if not interpreting our dreams, or dreaming if not interpreting our wake?

Weeks passed like boats waiting to sail into the starless dawn, we were full of aimless endless darkness.

People hurt each other. That's what people do.

One of the things that I love about writing novels is that it really doesn't matter what next step you take as long as you're pursuing some intuition or instinct. Of course, then, intuitions or instincts don't make for great novels, but they often make for good first drafts.

I think after you live it's like before you lived.