It's wonderful that nothing you write is ever going to be as beautiful as what's in your head, because that gap is where the art can enter and begin to stretch its limbs.

I see ghosts everywhere, and that is partially a function of my being incredibly near-sighted and reading way too late into the night.

Amor animi arbitrio sumitu, non ponitur; we choose to love; we do not choose to cease loving.

I'm a writer, not an actor. I want to write rather than perform. I'm looking forward to disappearing for a while.

I'm a physical learner. I learn from writing drafts, not reading them.

I have a feeling that books are a lot like people - they change as you age, so that some books that you hated in high school will strike you with the force of a revelation when you're older.

The gender inequality in book reviewing isn't getting better. Male authors get the majority of review coverage, and male reviewers do most of the reviewing. It's kind of devastating.