A baby was a fact. It was a being with a mind and a nature, and you could feel about it any way you liked, but a baby wouldn't care. Just by existing, it demanded that you believe in a future: the future it would crawl in, walk in, live in. A baby was a piece of time; it was a promise you made that the world made back to you.

I like creating villains.

I was a 'Planet of the Apes'-obsessed kid.

If asked to name the worst moment of his life, Michael Fisher wouldn't have hesitated to give his answer: it was when the lights went out.

Behind every writer stands a very large bookshelf.

Writers who pretend that everything they're doing is completely new are full of it.

Even on the darkest night, my friend, life will have its way.