I like to think I’ve written something worth reading when I cry the tears of the characters.

Read the right books and we can be as wild and worry-free as we've ever wanted to be. No law can stop us reading.

One day, I decided I was going to write books forever.

You have to know your own mind inside out before you can know the minds of others.

The fear of not being remembered is a dangerous thing.

I’m proud to be a writer. I’m doing the job all my heroes did.

One man’s fight is another man’s freedom.

Reality was dawning on him and he hated reality. If you were him, so would you.

No matter what the good boys tell you, criminality is not a level playing field.

Katie soon learned there was a problem with hope.

First time I ever put pen to paper, I had one goal – to build something no one had ever thought of before.

A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer screen, is that you can take it to bed with you.

It is important to focus on present work. It is more important to align your present work with future outlook and desires.

I don't think writing fiction has changed my worldview.

Middle age: when you begin to exchange your emotions for symptoms.

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.

Stories are the things that allow us to persuade each other that we're human.

Unbelievable how silly this Formula 1 is these days, with this stupid overtakes.

Just let me live my life.

Nothing is hard for lovers, no labor is difficult for those who wish it.

I take the point of view that missing an important trade is a much more serious error than making a bad trade.