Books, and especially fiction, do not proceed from ideas. They are born from feelings

Silence was not the absence of sound but was itself a sound that could be loud or soft, soothing or disturbing, complex or simple.

Often, the human animal dresses terror in rage, and expresses both in a way unlike either.

I write because the lives of all of us are stories. If enough of those stories are told, then perhaps we will begin to see that our lives are the same story. The differences are merely in the details.

The failure of modern living is the failure of the imagination...Literature is the royal road that enables us to enter the realm of the imagination.

Dying ain't important. Everyone does that. What's important is how well you do your living.

Freeform radio is an art form. The airwaves are the empty canvas, the producer is the artist, and the sound is the paint.