I got letters from people that have had peculiar psychic experiences, experiences with the dead - sometimes fairly tranquil experiences and sometimes very terrifying experiences. I do believe that a lot of them are sincere. I do believe, also, that some of them may be misguided. But, I think the majority of them have experienced something.

As a species we're fundamentally insane. Put more than two of us in a room, we pick sides and start dreaming up reasons to kill one another. Why do you think we invented politics and religion?

The more fiction you read and write, the more you'll find your paragraphs forming on their own.

People seem to think there's a magic formula to writing, i just write 1 word at a time.

Now I think all of us were born with a hole in our hearts, and we go around looking for the person who can fill it. You... you fill me up.

The best show on television is Red Sox baseball. Everything else sucks.

you can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.