I'm not really a plot writer - I'm more interested in the characters and sort of small events that propel the story forward.

That's how you know you really trust someone, I think; when you don't have to talk all the time to make sure they still like you or prove that you have interesting stuff to say.

When the reader and one narrator know something the other narrator does not, the opportunities for suspense and plot development and the shifting of reader sympathies get really interesting.

The kind of life I want is to be a person who would get a personal note every day.

Try a little tenderness.

I remember being in high school and listening to Vivaldi's 'Winter' and being so overwhelmed with emotion.

It makes me think of Lazarus. He must have had those shadows after his miracle. You don't spend time in the tomb without it changing you, and everyone who was waiting for you to come out.

I had them all fooled into believing I was normal and well-adjusted, a rock of sensibility who could always be counted on to have a positive attitude.

Life was mostly made up of things you couldn’t control, full of surprises, and they weren’t always good. Life wasn’t what you made it. You were what life made you.

Because love, love is never finished. It circles and circles, the memories out of order and not always complete.

When the remembering was done, the forgetting could begin.

Could he be prosecuted for murder? Cause of death: broken heart. Murder weapon: words laced with bullshit.

if you think she is amazing, you are the ordinary one ...

The quintessential revolution is that of spirit. Without this, the forces which produce the inequalities of the old order will continue to operate.

The fact that I am able to live a life and act and to do all of those things and support myself and my family is a gift.

Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth.

The urge to destroy is a creative urge.

Her love was trembling in laughter on her lips.

Souls love. That’s what souls do. Egos don’t, but souls do. Become a soul, look around, and you’ll be amazed-all the beings around you are souls. Be one, see one.

You don't need an invitation to your own life.