I've just always written, and always considered myself a writer. I wrote my first story when I was five. There was nothing else I wanted to do or be.

What's the point of having a book club if you don't get to eat brownies and drink wine?

In the wintertime I like macaroni and cheese.

An ellipsis is a giant ocean of possibilities.

I find that short stories are almost like palate cleansers, or brain cleansers.

You can quit smoking, and never have to have a cigarette again to survive. But with food, it is a daily challenge.

I love doing readings. I could really give a crap about reviews. It's kind of about the readers.

I remember being banned from other houses as a younger child during the winter holiday season; I was the only one who didn't believe in Santa Claus, and I was ruining everyone's Christmas.

I just think structure can make a book feel so much bigger. It's the architecture. You could use flimsy materials if you wanted to, even, but it could still feel big.

In 1998, I started a blog, something I could control very easily and update at my own whim.

I'm not that much of a researcher. I'm good at channeling characters, and I'm good at structure.

if you cannot get it all right, don't get it all wrong

I'm wearing this fake smile.

True Love never says good-bye, and this is why: True Love last forever.

The oppressed never free themselves - they do not have the necessary strengths.

A Wall Street money manager should not be able to pay a lower tax rate than a teacher or a nurse.

Order is to arrangement what the soul is to the body, and what mind is to matter.

You know, an iPhone is fashion everything is fashion.

Telling others how they can have eternal life is the greatest thing you can do for them.

I didn't think much about that statement then. But later I would-I still do. I think about it and think about it until I think I'm going crazy.

My hope is that no matter your mood there is [on a Joyride albom] a song on there that speaks to you.