That was another lesson I had learned perhaps too well: people meant pain.

I think the best part of being an author is that I get to learn about anything I want and explain it away as research.

I think one of the biggest mistakes you can make as a writer is to follow your initial [writing] plan too stringently. A story needs room to grow and evolve.

There is something powerfully beguiling about the excited eyes of a young woman. They can pull all manner of nonsense out of a foolish young man, and I was no exception to this rule.

But sometimes the best help a person can find is helping someone else.

I always read. You know how sharks have to keep swimming or they die? I’m like that. If I stop reading, I die.

It’s not over if you’re still here,” Chronicler said. “It’s not a tragedy if you’re still alive.