When I start writing novels, I go into them with a spirit of inquiry, rather than to substantiate prejudices I had in the beginning. If you don't do that, you can't write good characters.

The wondrous thing about nature, her gift to us, is her wanton promiscuity. She reproduces herself with abandon, with teeming infinite generosity.

Life is fleeting. Don't waste a single moment of your precious life. Wake up now! And now! And now!

My mind is like a gyre and odd juxtapositions happen.

Am I crazy?" she asked. "I feel like I am sometimes." "Maybe," he said, rubbing her forehead. "But don't worry about it. You need to be a little bit crazy. Crazy is the price you pay for having an imagination. It's your superpower. Tapping into the dream. It's a good thing not a bad thing.

The important thing was that we were being polite and not saying all the things that were making us unhappy, which was the only way we knew how to love each other.

I believe it doesn't matter what it is, as long as you can find something concrete to keep you busy while you are living your meaningless life.