Because your goal is a complete rough draft of a novel, and every rough draft, by being complete, is perfect.

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.

You know what happens when windmills collapse into the sea? A splash.

A Gossip is a dung beetle in disguise ....

In consequence, science is more important than ever for industrial technology.

We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality

Im a pretty good judge of character.

If you're long-term oriented, customer interests and shareholder interests are aligned.

There is comfort in routine.

I always had some kind of creative side and technical side, and I thought architecture might be the way to combine them, so I went to architecture school in New York.

I'm totally comfortable today with the success that Omar and 'The Wire' have brought me - living with that character, being recognized and remembered for that character.

Before I knew how to do anything, I was figuring out how to be in a band.