We never know which lives we influence, or when, or why. Not until the future eats the present, anyway. We know when it's too late.

Sometimes life coughs up coincidences no writer of fiction would dare copy.

Long days and pleasant nights

I believe most people are essentially good. I know that I am. It's you I'm not entirely sure of.

I identify with the characters very closely. At the same time that I`m outside, writing, I`m also inside, experiencing, and it can be very unsettling.

Whenever I publish a book, I feel like a trapper caught by the Iroquois. They're all lined up with Tomahawks, and the idea is to run through with your head down, and everybody gets to take a swing. They hit you in the head, the back, the ass, and the balls.

The idea that America exists in a culture of violence is bullshit. What America exists in is a culture of Kardashian.