It was like drowning, only from the inside out.

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

Stories are like relics, part of an undiscovered preexisting world. The writer's job is to use the tools in his or her toolbox to get as much of each one out of the ground intact as possible.

For me, good description usually consists of a few well-chosen details that will stand for everything else.

It didn´t occur to me until later that there´s another truth, very simple: greed in a good cause is still greed.

We don't know the days that will change our lives. Probably just as well.

When you're six, most of your Bingo balls are still floating around in the draw-tank.