I've always tried to keep my cover prices on the low side. I'm more interested in getting people to read the books we publish and less interested in the profit margin.

I think one thing I've learned, as dorky and obvious as this sounds: People who like cool books are usually really cool people.

I wonder what the difference between love and control is, but I'm afraid to look those words up in a dictionary.

I sometimes wonder if what I create as a writer will leave any sort of dent. There's really no way of knowing, so I just have to keep going.

The best art on a football field usually happens during kickoff returns.

One thing that is sometimes forgotten in this "future of books" discussion is that there are all these awesome presses - big and small - that are producing and designing amazing books.

Just like writers can have a lot of different styles, so can readers. It's hard to pigeonhole book buyers.

I try to be a lot of things for the authors I work with - a careful reader, a helpful friend who also happens to be an experienced writer, a thoughtful editor, and a creative midwife.

There are definitely some tricks and techniques to a good reading. Rewarding the audience that shows up to your reading is very important and you can't be boring or ungrateful.

One thing I discovered is that the book world is vast. It's easy to walk around the store - even the room with literature and poetry, where I work most often - and feel overwhelmed.

During our first date, I wanted to hold your hand so badI almost cut mine offand threw it at youto see if you would catch it

Not a clue – and, no, I don’t touch drugs. The world’s unstable enough without scrambling your brain for kicks.

Once I started singing, I didn't have to try to be cool. I was just one of the coolest guys around.

Dance has always been my number one. I started when I was seven years old and I've had the opportunity to work with some really amazing artists.

...impregnation will be regarded in an entirely different manner, more in the light of a surgical operation, so that it will be thought not ladylike to have it performed in the natural manner.

And one has eaten and one walks, past the magazines with nudes and the posters for bullfight and the Manhattan Storage Warehouse, which they'll soon tear down.

I am an author, and like many in my profession, I am also a traveling salesman, going all over in an attempt to persuade people to spend twenty-five dollars on a hardcover book by me.

Forgiveness is choosing to see your offender with different eyes.

Don't ever write anything you don't like yourself and if you do like it, don't take anyone's advice about changing it. They just don't know.

Just 'cause somethin' ain't been done Don't mean it can't be did.