I think I've written 40 books, and none of them have been heavy on action. I'm an introspective person.

I have been fortunate. I have done so many things and enjoyed so many things and had such a great life, not to imply that it is ending, but that there aren't many things that I feel I have left undone.

Reading is the most important way to prepare for life.

I don't know what you mean when you say 'the whole world' or 'generations before him.'I thought there was only us. I thought there was only now.

It is so good to have friends who understand how there is a time for crying and a time for laughing, and that sometimes the two are very close together.

What if they were allowed to choose their own mate? And chose wrong?

People do things that turn out badly, often for the most benevolent of reasons.