Use your imagination and you'll see that even the most narrow, humdrum lives are infinite in scope if you examine them with enough care.

From a good book, I want to be taken to the very edge. I want a glimpse into that outer darkness.

Madness doesn't happen to someone alone. Very few people have experiences that are theirs alone.

On the fifth day, which was a Sunday, it rained very hard. I like it when it rains hard. It sounds like white noise everywhere, which is like silence but not empty.

Science and literature give me answers. And they ask me questions I will never be able to answer.

You love someone, you've got to let something go.

If you enjoy math and you write novels, it's very rare that you'll get a chance to put your math into a novel. I leapt at the chance.