I want my prose to be as clear as a pane of glass.

Curing yourself of obsessive compulsive disorder by going to a strip club is pretty strange.

In a very basic way, a prominent landmark such as Mt. Holyoke tells you where you are. They let you know that you're not the first person in a place

I do believe in God. I think God has given so much power to people, and intelligence, and said, 'Well, you are on your own. Maybe I'm tired, I need a nap. You are mature. Why don't you look after yourselves?' And I think He's been sleeping too much.

I know that to write you have to have stories you want to tell. You have to keep your mind alive, and you have to work hard.

I've gotta keep life and computers separate, or else I'm gonna go mad.

The hardest thing was learning to write. I was 13, and the only writing I had done was for Social Studies. It consisted of copying passages right out of the encyclopedia