There are these boutique writers out there who think if they are not writing their novels sitting at a bistro with their laptops, then they're not real writers. That's ridiculous.

It was a good moment, the kind you would like to press between the pages of a book, or hide in your sock drawer, so you could touch it again.

Every life deserves a certain amount of dignity, no matter how poor or damaged the shell that carries it.

The best writers who have put pen to paper have often had a journalism background.

I made some friends for life, the way I usually make them. Any jackass can be pleasant company, but if people help you when you're at your worst, that's a friend.

People who think there is something pedestrian about journalism are just ignorant.

This is home and home is not something you remember, it is something you see every day and every moment.