My attraction to story is a ceaseless current that runs through the center of me. My inexhaustible ardor for reading seems connected to my hunger for storylines that show up in both books and in the great tumbling chaos of life.

I loved my parents... but that can never change the fact that my father's violence ruined my childhood.

The most powerful words in English are, 'Tell me a story.'

Know this. I think you could be special if you only thought there was anything special about yourself.

... silence (can) be the most eloquent form of lying.

I still write in long hand. I type like a chimpanzee.

Paranoia has a sharper taste if the danger is real.