As Elmore Leonard says, I write to find out what happens.

There ain't a body, be it mouse or man, that ain't made better by a little soup.

Mercy Watson is pure fun for me as a writer, because I think of her as kind of sorbet - a palate cleanser - between larger works. It's always a relief to come back to her.

I didn't know anything about writing a screenplay, but somehow I ended up rewriting a screenplay.

As far as books getting turned into movies, I fared very, very well.

I have been loved, Edward told the stars. So? said the stars. What difference does that make when you are all alone now?

You are down there alone, the stars seemed to say to him. And we are up here, in our constellations, together.