My only real daydreamy casting over the years has been Natalie Portman for Denna. She's an amazing actress, and Denna is going to be one of the hardest characters to pull off.

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

Abenthy gave me an appraising look. I'd been waiting for it. It was the look that said, "You don't sound as young as you look." I hoped he'd come to grips with it fairly soon. It gets tiresome being spoken to as if you are a child, even if you happen to be one.

I will say the most raw joy I've experienced reading has probably come from the times I've been reading with my little boys.

Words have to find a man's mind before they can touch his heart, and some men's minds are woefully small targets.

But to love something despite. To know the flaws and love them too. This is rare and pure and perfect.

I’d heard you were dead.” "I heard you wear a red lace corset,” I said matter-of-factly. “But I don’t believe every bit of nonsense that gets rumored about.