Maybe I'll try to be more patient with morons.

People shouldn't be allowed to get married until it's too late to have kids.

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

i couldn't speak the language of his feelings

I think it's a greater risk not to write about 9\11. If you're in my position - a New Yorker who felt the event very deeply and a writer who wants to write about things he feels deeply about - I think it's risky to avoid what's right in front of you.

I'm a novelist, I'm not an activist. I'm not a non-fiction writer, I'm not a journalist. I'm not a foodie, I'm not even really an animal person, or an environmentalist. I did the best I could with this, but it's not who I am.

I felt, that night, on that stage, under that skull, incredibly close to everything in the universe, but also extremely alone.