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

I think if you can take something out and it doesn't change the book, it doesn't need to be there.

Like when that man was running down Broadway stark naked and we all had to eat in the cafeteria while the police tried to catch him.

Sometimes you never feel meaner than the moment you stop being mean.

When you trust your readers, you're hoping they will see what you see. Not every book is for every person.

The truth is that I think that most people, and most people in this book, 'Goodbye, Stranger', are really doing their best but they're stumbling all over the place and they're hurting each other deliberately and by accident.

For me one of the most important things is not feeling like you have to protect yourself if you're with a real friend.