In a newspaper, you only have so much room. It teaches you the value of getting to the point, of not pampering yourself with your glorious writing. I've always been much more interested in one powerful sentence that stays with you. That's my style.

Nothing haunts us like the things we don't say.

Mortality means you don't have forever to work things out. You can live your life unexamined but then on the last day you're going to think: 'I've left things a little late.

There is no formula to relationships.

Sometimes when you sacrifice something precious, you're not really losing it. You're just passing it on to someone else.

Suddenly, details seemed extremely important. Details were something to grab on to, a way to insert myself into the story.

To know you're going to die, and to be prepared for it at any time. That's better. That way you can actually be more involved in your life while you're living.