Mom's always telling me to smile and hoping I'll turn into a smiley person, which, to be honest, is kind of annoying.

The writing process is not just putting down one page after another-it's a lot of writing and then rewriting, restructuring the story, changing the way things come together.

Mom's always telling me to smile and hoping I'll turn into a smiley person, which, to be honest, is kind of annoying.

But every person has to learn to accept what has happened in the past. Without bitterness. Or there is no point in continuing with life.

I'm an old man, and she's gone now. So don't worry, okay?

Pajamas are good for the soul.

I never write with any kind of message, and I don't think that this book, 'Goodbye, Stranger' has a message in the capital M form of the word but I do hope it makes people ask themselves questions about what they think.