I’ve been doing this a long time, and I’ve come to learn that predictions don’t mean much. Too much lies outside the realm of medical knowledge. A lot of what happens next comes down to you and your specific genetics, your attitude. No, there’s nothing we can do to stop the inevitable, but that’s not the point. The point is that you should try to make the most of the time you have left.

Without love of something I don't know if you can have a meaningful life at all.

It's possible to go on, no matter how impossible it seems, and that in time, the grief . . . lessens. It may not go away completely, but after a while it's not so overwhelming.

I know, but no matter what I choose I have to live with it. Forever. I have to be able to go forward and not look back anymore. Can you understand that?

It's impossible to protect your kids against disappointment in life.

I'm a novelist at heart. My sole intention is to write the best novel possible. I don't think about the film potential at all.

I consider myself foremost a novelist with the intent of crafting stories that people will remember.