I don't think America has ever had a center the way London is the center of England or Dublin is the center of Ireland.

And there comes a time in your life when you realize that if you don't take the opportunity to be happy, you may never get another chance again.

He looks like he could be taken in a fight. Not by me, but by somebody. Not anyone in Humanities, probably.

To his surprise, she leaned over and kissed him on the forehead, a kiss so full of affection that it dispelled the awkwardness, even as it caused Miles' heart to plummet, because all kisses are calibrated, and this one revealed the great chasm between affection and love.

Not everyone writes well from a child's point of view.

By ignoring a lot of American culture you can write more interesting stories. Unfortunately, if you were writing about America as it is, you'd be writing about a lot of people sitting in front of television sets.

I was the one who did come through that door. You were the one she was waiting for.