Stories may well be lies, but they are good lies that say true things, and which can sometimes pay the rent.

Hearts may break, but hearts are the toughest of muscles, able to pump for a lifetime, seventy times a minute, and scarcely falter along the way. Even dreams, the most delicate and intangible of things, can prove remarkably difficult to kill.

A short story is the ultimate close-up magic trick -- a couple of thousand words to take you around the universe or break your heart.

Google can bring you back 100,000 answers. A librarian can bring you back the right one.

Fear is contagious. You can catch it. Sometimes all it takes is for someone to say that they're scared for the fear to become real. Mo was terrified, and now Nick was too.

You don't have to test everything to destruction just to see if you made it right.

When you love something you just don't want to stop talking about it.