When two people are meant to be together, they will be together. It's fate.

Gorillas are in danger of being wiped out by the Ebola virus. I feel like we have limited time to get to know them and understand them and they're going to disappear - that's terrifically sad. Wouldn't it be great if we could stop that?

How hard can it be to find a girl and an elephant for Christ's sake?

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

They grew fat and happy--the horses, not the children, or Marlena for that matter.

It's just a crazy damned life, that's all.

Do you have any idea how much an elephant drinks?