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.

My job is to have empathy and curiosity for things that I've never done. Also, I'm a person whom people talk to.

I've been mainly a happy boy in my life. I married the right girl and we did what we wanted to do.

Americans don't have saner gun laws because most Americans, including those citizens who puzzle over better angels, don't want saner gun laws.

When I write a novel I start each morning by reading for 20 minutes.

I don't want to be taken to Bhutan and smell the flowers. I want to be told something I couldn't have been told any other way.

Very early you come to the realization that nothing will ever take you away from yourself.