Perpetual anticipation is good for the soul but it's bad for the heart.

Every writer I've ever spoken to feels fraudulent in some way or other.

Puzzles are like songs - A good puzzle can give you all the pleasure of being duped that a mystery story can. It has surface innocence, surprise, the revelation of a concealed meaning, and the catharsis of solution.

I took piano lessons when I was 6. I didn't want to go on with it. I don't remember being moved by a piece of music.

For me it's more fun to find an unexpected moment for a character to sing when you don't expect them to.

I read to see myself in other people's lives.

Math was my big interest when I was in prep school. I was considering taking math in college, and majoring in it.