There were not many people who could say that their education had been paid for with cigarettes.

You can do anything when it's not real. When it is real, nothing breaks your fall. Nothing gets between you and the ground.

I'm not a writer who refuses to talk about a book until I've finished.

His soul sat up. It met me. Those kinds of souls always do - the best ones. The ones who rise up and say "I know who you are and I am ready. Not that I want to go, of course, but I will come." Those souls are always light because more of them have been put out. More of them have already found their way to other places.

The day was gray, the color of Europe.

Something I'd like to be perfect at? ... Loving you,' I said. The words climbed from my mouth. 'I'd want to be perfect at loving you.

Around us I can sniff out a savagery in the noisy southern air. It knifes it's way into my nose, but I do not bleed blood. It's fear I bleed, and it gushes out over my lip. I wipe it away, in a hurry.