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

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

You can write about anything, and if you write well enough, even the reader with no intrinsic interest in the subject will become involved.

I think if the writing comes too easily, it shows - it's usually hard to read.

I usually write about ordinary people and ordinary things, but Paul Farmer is the least ordinary person I've ever met... He's the leader of a small group of people who hope to cure a sick world, and I hope my book can help in some small way.

God gives us humans everything we need to flourish, but he's not the one who's supposed to divvy up the loot. That charge was laid upon us

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