Home is a complex and resonant idea.

Sometimes I think of writing as becoming this antenna that picks up the vibrations all around me in order to find out how and where next I'll be steered.

I love the idea of literature as a room or series of rooms that allow you to be present as it slowly unfolds itself in all its capacities.

I know that as a writer I'm trying to, in some small way, return the gift that I got, and maybe provide a reader the kind of experience that has changed my life.

Good night, good night! parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good night till it be morrow.

You know, I think that only if one feels immensely important can one feel truly light.

The real purpose of running isn't to win a race, it's to test the limits of the human heart.

A man is truly a man when he wins the love of a good woman, earns her respect, and keeps her trust. Until you can do that, you're not a man.

I like other people's kids and being able to give them back when I want to.

I'm not here to cast aspersions on anyone. I'm trying to unify the party, not find fault.

I wrote almost all of it in the deepest hope and conviction. Sifting my thoughts and choosing my words. Trying to say what was true. And I'll tell you frankly, that was wonderful.

I have always been amazed at my contemporaries’ lack of finesse, I whose soul writhed from morning to night, in the mere quest of itself.

There's no perfect place, there's no wonderful utopia.

My basic belief is you need to ride the horse in the direction that it's going.