Thinking is hard work, which is why you don't see many people doing it.

Society values cooperation over independence, obedience over individuality, and niceness above all else.

What could smell better than supper being cooked by someone else?

Writing is not about making a buck, not about publishers and agents. Writing is not about feeling good. Writing is about pain, suffering, hard work, risk, and fear.

Thinking is hard work, which is why you don't see many people doing it.

It's disconcerting to realize how little you have to say to someone who once occupied such a prominent place in your bed.

I started writing seriously when I was 18, wrote my first novel when I was 22, and I've never stopped writing since.