This is how you hold onto your family. You hold them with open hands so they are free to find futures of their own. It's just that simple.
Fame is a funny thing, like a secret, both are hard to keep.
The only way you can write is by the light of the bridges burning behind you.
Writing is communication, not self-expression. Nobody in this world wants to read your diary except your mother.
When I read a good book, it's like traveling the world without ever leaving my chair.
I read because one of these days I'm going to get out of this town, and I'm going to go everywhere and meet everybody, and I want to be ready