Books are the way the dead talk to the living.

I'm actually not someone who believes in heaven or anything like that.

That's really a very different experience: You don't have to look to be understood. You're already understood.

When I was four, I was a kind of sky worshipper. I would look at the sky, and I wanted to evaporate into the sky - I loved the sky. I loved looking at the trees, just because they touched the sky.

You need to try to master the ability to feel sad without actually being sad.

I'm a real workaholic.

It's a little hard to speak when you're not supposed to move.