I agonize over things like this - the order of things, section titles, all this architectural sort of stuff. Takes me years to figure out.

Actually, you’re not famous at all. Maybe you’ll get some traction after you’re dead?

I revise and revise and revise. I'm not even sure "revise" is the right word. I work a story almost to death before it's done.

I think anything we do - eating, walking down the street, online shopping - gives you another perspective on writing stories.

I sometimes wonder if our memories are a myth. We think we remember, but we are remembering the story and not the actual event?

I agree with the Lev Tolstoy quote completely, but I also feel like there's more to it. What is a happy family and an unhappy family? We're probably both of those things at the same time.

A stellar, fully-realized collection of stories... grounded, wonderfully, in the river valleys of western Maine. You come away not only understanding a place but the soul of its people.

I've spent a lot of time in prisons, first doing legal work and later, teaching.

If a novel or a story works, you don't stop thinking about it; it doesn't truly end.

I have a friend who teaches yoga (or is it pilates?), and she said that I don't seem to live in the moment. And I said, "Exactly!" I'd go nuts if I lived in the moment.

I think some writers should wait for something to say.

Blockchain will be ten times more disruptive to the Telecommunication industry than smartphones were.

It is not necessary to light a candle to the sun

You need to decide what problems, what opportunities, what projects you're going to work on.

It's a long, hard, difficult process to make it to a national championship.

I know i can, be what i wanna be, if i work hard at it, I'll be where i wanna be

Many people thought I would never succeed, because I am so Russian. So Russian, hundred percent.

I've always looked to other women for inspiration and kicks. When a woman stands up and does her thing, it never ceases to excite and inspire me.

I pay about a third in taxes, I give away about a third, and I follow the law.

There is no other way to change your physical reality but by changing your thoughts.

He felt as if he had been shipwrecked on the Titanic, but in the nick of time had been rescued. By the Lusitania