Her body was wrapped in shadows like moth wings, like rose-petals.

A writer's notebook is the best way in the world to immortalize bad ideas. My idea about a good idea is one that sticks around and sticks around and sticks around.

The sort of strenuous reading and writing program I advocate - four to six hours a day, every day - will not seem strenuous if you really enjoy doing these things and have an aptitude for them.

We're news junkies in my house.

We're all going to die; I'm just trying to make it a little more interesting.

You learn best by reading a lot and writing a lot, and the most valuable lessons of all are the ones you teach yourself.

Life was a wheel, its only job was to turn, and it always came back to where it started.