At the exact moment any decision seems to be being made, it's usually long after the real decision was actually made--like light we see emitted from stars.

The art of living your life has a lot to do with getting over loss. The less the past haunts you, the better.

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.

I started reading literature at 17 or 18, and I felt this extra beat to life.

Married life requires shared mystery even when all the facts are known.

Most things don't stay the way they are for very long. I take nothing for granted and try to be ready for the change that's soon to come.

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