Being the survivor stinks.

I don't like outlining, because books are organic things. Sometimes a book doesn't want to be written in a certain way.

I tend not to think about the reading public at all, or the business, when I'm writing.

I think there is just a vein of humanity that really loves animals and really loves to read about them.

The whole thing's illusion, [Jacob], and there's nothing wrong with that. It's what people want from us. It's what they expect.

We traveled for two weeks with a pickled hippo.

The thought has cheered me, and I'd like to hang onto that. Must protect my little pockets of happiness.