It was never what I wanted to buy that held my heart's hope. It was what I wanted to be.

Miles clutched Quinn's elbow. "Don't Panic." "I'm not panicking," Quinn observed, "I'm watching you panic. It's more entertaining .

Seems like half my anxiety dreams are about airports.

There is no more hollow feeling than to stand with your honor shattered at your feet while soaring public reputation wraps you in rewards. That's soul-destroying. The other way around is merely very, very irritating.

For me, writing is more a process of discovering the book than planning it.

I have a catch-phrase to describe my plot-generation technique -- 'What's the worst possible thing I can do to these people?'

I am not schizoid. A little manic-depressive, maybe." "'Know thyself.'" "We try, sir.