A novelist is on the cusp between someone who knows everything and someone who knows nothing.

Oh, that sound? I'm in the hot tub, reading a novel.

Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.

Every first draft is perfect, because all a first draft has to do is exist.

I suspected that there were things he knew that I had been waiting all my life to learn.

In many ways, being honest about 'Huckleberry Finn' goes right to the heart of whether we can be honest about our heritage and our identity as Americans.

Even if my marriage is falling apart and my children are unhappy, there is still a part of me that says, 'God, this is fascinating!'

Take naps. Often new ideas come together when you are half asleep, but you have to train yourself to remember them.

Candy is my fuel. Ice cream, too.

But what truly horsey girls discover in the end is that boyfriends, husbands, children, and careers are the substitute-for horses

In every society, the artists will be the ones who set themselves up as contrary to whatever the society expects.

I write for the same reason I breathe - because if I didn't, I would die.

Throw off your grief, ' doubters imply, 'and we can all go back to pretending death doesn't exist, or at least is comfortably far away.

Manchester United are not just some club. To be part of this club also means to be part of a great history.

Red is the ultimate cure for sadness.

The loves and hours of the life of a man, They are swift and sad, being born of the sea.

Life cannot be mastered by a method but needs to be met with an attitude of openness and discovery

There is no excuse for anyone not to train three times a week...Anyone can change their mind if they want to. It's all about motivation

Cricket is a team game where individuals inspire each other to achieve performances which surpass what might otherwise be beyond them.

When I go into my living room and turn on the TV, I feel like I have gone backwards in time by 20 to 30 years. It's an area of intense interest. I can't say more than that.

There lives within the very flame of love A kind of wick or snuff that will abate it.