The truth is I hate cocktail parties when the only person I know is my supposed date, and he abandons me the minute we come in the door.

Writing is storytelling. No matter how you slice it, you're saying, 'Once upon a time.' That's what writing is all about.

Happines is like mercury. Hard to hold, and when we drop it, it shatters into a million pieces. Maybe the bravest of all are those who have the courage to reach for it again.

The first four months of writing the book, my mental image is scratching with my hands through granite. My other image is pushing a train up the mountain, and it's icy, and I'm in bare feet.

As a writer, you paint strokes and leave suggestions so readers can create their own pictures. That allows you to know someone by a small action and it saves countless pages of explanation.

Funny, when you finally faced reality, it was amazing how clearly you could see things.

The truth is I hate cocktail parties when the only person I know is my supposed date, and he abandons me the minute we come in the door.