I'm kind of a distractible guy.

I realized I loved you, and I didn't want to be married to somebody I didn't love. I wanted to be married to you. It isn't all that complicated.

Find what causes a commotion in your heart. Find a way to write about that

I went to college to study hospitality. I quickly got out of that and realized that what I liked to do was write.

If loneliness is the disease, the story is the cure.

What was our life like? I almost don't remember now. Though I remember it, the space of time it occupied. And I remember it fondly.

I'm trying to cause people to be interested in the particulars of their lives because I think that's one thing literature can do for us. It can say to us: pay attention. Pay closer attention. Pay stricter attention to what you say to your son.