What you're going to be asked to do is bigger than what you think you can do. It's always bigger than what you think you can handle, but you're never going to be given something you can't handle.

I think people should read fairy tales, because were hungry for a mythology that will speak to our fears.

My book would come out in one language, then it would come out in another language, then it would come out in One City, One Read, and I was always being called away from my desk.

There's all kinds of ways to wean yourself off of sugar - because it is like an addiction.

I can't do a linear novel. I'm just going to write what I need to write.

If you just breathe, and go slower, you will have enough energy. It's really important because there are people who wait in line, and your work has changed their lives. You will need to listen to them because they are also going to feed you and give you confirmation of the prayer you asked before you spoke.

When I was a child, I was very shy, and there's still a part of me that's very shy.