If you can just actually let the character be for a bit, then you get the right sense.

People do not change, they are merely revealed.

Only bad writers think that their work is really good.

Write whatever way you like. Fiction is made of words on a page; reality is made of something else. It doesn't matter how "real" your story is, or how "made up": what matters is its necessity.

God, I hate my family, these people I never chose to love, but love all the same.

We do not always like the people we love- we do not always have that choice.

I have no place left to live but in my own heart.

The way to write a book is to actually write a book. A pen is useful, typing is also good. Keep putting words on the page.

I’m really lucky with the people around me. They know me, so they don’t confuse the issues really. They know what a book is and they know who I am and they know the difference between the two.

There are men who would do anything, asleep, and I'm not sure what stops them when they wake. I do not know how they draw the line.

Description is hard. Remember that all description is an opinion about the world. Find a place to stand.

And I know I can do this because I went to London on my own, and because I solved the mystery…and I was brave and I wrote a book and that means I can do anything.

The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries.

American workers are first rate.

Your worldview has to have the same shape that reality does.

The one who always strives, That one can be redeemed.

Truth can be really powerful stuff if you're not expecting it.

I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers. It would be terrible if we just skipped from September to November, wouldn't it?

I don't want to hurt anybody because of their looks. That's been used to hurt me so much.

You cannot be a man of faith unless you know how to doubt.

I was always the type of person that whenever I started something I finished it. And, I was always held accountable for my actions.