I think reality is thin, you know, thin as lake ice after a thaw, and we fill our lives with noise and light and motion to hide that thinness from ourselves.

He removed his unvaluable valuables and dumped his shirt, pants, and skivvies into a letter slot.

Kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egocentric little scribbler’s heart, kill your darlings.

Language does not always have to wear a tie and lace-up shoes.

If God gives you something you can do, why in God's name wouldn't you do it?

Money means I can support my family and still do what I love. Not very many people can say that in this world, and not many writers can say that.

I’m not particularly keen on writing which exhaustively describes the physical characteristics of the people in the story and what they’re wearing… I can always get a J. Crew catalogue… …So spare me, if you please, the hero’s ‘sharply intelligent blue eyes’ and ‘outthrust determined chin’.