I focus on the writing and let the rest of the process take care of itself. I've learned to trust my own instincts and I've also learned to take risks.

Grief is as contagious as a yawn.

Ghosts don't haunt us. That's not how it works. They're present among us because we won't let go of them.

School was a source of great suffering to me, but once I learned to read, I disappeared into books, where I was a happy visitor to all the worlds that sprang full-blown from the printed page.

Pay minimum wage, you get minimum work. Nobody seems to get that.

The hard thing about death is that nothing ever changes. The hard thing about life is that nothing stays the same.

The struggle is what teaches you.