Winning doesn't mean my book is better than anyone else's. It means I'm very fortunate. And I should be very, very aware of that. And grateful.

What people mistook for safety was in fact captivity.

What haunted people even, perhaps especially, on their deathbed? What chased them, tortured them and brought some of them to their knees? And [he] thought he had the answer. Regret. Regret for things said, things done, and things not done. Regret for the people they might have been. And failed to be.

To be honest, the only thing I ever really wanted to be was a writer - since I read 'Charlotte's Web' as a child.

When someone stabs you it's not your fault that you feel pain.

Things are strongest where they're broken.

It is very, very dangerous to come between a person and their beliefs.