I was aware now, as ever, that between all people there were First Times You See Them and Last Times you See Them.

His characters are ravaged, beaten. They walk through infernos and emerged charred doves.

When I'm creating characters, I definitely think of theme songs. Writing for me is very visual, so I sometimes think of it in terms of a movie with a soundtrack, and try to transfer that to words.

Some people are as fragile as butterflies and sensitive and it’s your responsibility not to destroy them. Just because you can

It's a common feeling for people to feel intermittent antipathy toward individuals they're familiar with.

Some people, every now and then, simply had to have One Too Many, go drifty voiced and slouch mouthed, swimming willfully around in their own sadness as if it were hot springs.

You journalists bulldoze life's mysteries, ignorant of what you're so ruthlessly turning up.