It's lack that gives us inspiration. It's not fullness.

Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down.

I'm not a serious person, and I don't like serious people.

So few want to be rebels anymore. And out of those few, most, like myself, scare easily.

Reading is at the center of our lives. The library is our brain. Without the library, you have no civilization.

My stories run up and bite me on the leg - I respond by writing down everything that goes on during the bite. When I finish, the idea lets go and runs off.

The river was mild and leisurely, going away from the people who ate shadows for breakfast and steam for lunch and vapors for supper.