Because if you don't stand up for the stuff you don't like, when they come for the stuff you do like, you've already lost.

For some, it was easier to take the leap from the leafless tree and dance on nothing until dancing was done.

I don't know why people would want to have lunch with writers. I've eaten with writers. We have appalling table manners, and rarely say anything other than 'Pass the salt' or 'If you're not going to eat that, can I have it?'

Life and death are different sides of the same coin.

He's out here, somewhere, and he wants you dead,' she said. 'Him as killed your family. Us in the graveyard, we wants you to stay alive. We wants you to surprise us and disappoint us and impress us and amaze us. Come home, Bod.

I'll agonize over sentences. Mostly because you're trying to create specific effects with sentences, and because there are a number of different voices in the book.

I've learned over the years that everything is more or less the same amount of work, so you may as well set your sights high and try and do something really cool.