You hurt. It's okay. I hurt too. Hold my hand.

Fiction takes us to places that we would never otherwise go, and puts us behind eyes that are not our own.

I think the short story is a very underrated art form. We know that novels deserve respect.

People can get involved in wonderfully creative ways that have nothing to do with you, but spark off things you begin with.

I like the stars. It's the illusion of permanence, I think. I mean, they're always flaring up and caving in and going out. But from here, I can pretend... I can pretend that things last.

Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up.

There were people you could hug, and then there was Silas.