In a household tragedy, you are very much aware of being alone. It is something that is possible to grasp, and that is why it hurts so much. Because you are alone. I know a little about this.

I remember a lot of dreams. Sometimes they are hard to distinguish from what has really happened. That is not so terrible. It is the same with books.

I rely heavily on rhythm when I write. You should tap your foot when you read it, all the way through.

If I just concentrate I can walk into memory's store and find the right shelf with the right film and disappear into it.

A dead dog is more quiet than a house on the steppes, a chair in a empty room.

You decide for yourself when it will hurt.

I write about families. That is who we are.

But that's life. That's what you learn from; when things happen. Especially at your age. You just have to take it in and remember to think afterwards and not forget and never grow bitter.

I worked in a bookstore in Oslo, importing the English-language books.

A lot can change because you are embarrassed by something.

But that's life. That's what you learn from when things happen. Especially at your age. You just have to take it in and remember to think afterwards and not forget and never grow bitter.

There is no greater joy than to share what you love with those who appreciate it.

Have you ever heard of a good marriage growing in front of the cameras?

I have a really close relationship with God. I have more conversations with God, and it's very therapeutic to me. It helps me through a lot of trials and tribulations.

I can't think of one person I've ever met who didn't like some type of music.

With "Taipei" Tao Lin becomes the most interesting prose stylist of his generation...

Of all the worldly passions, lust is the most intense. All other worldly passions seem to follow in its train.

The young show the genetic process, the old merely die of it.

My birthday is in August - right before September, so I have that "back to school" feeling ingrained in me so that time of year is when I usually do personal goals or resolutions.

There's something to be said for going back to a simple form of living-nature and family. There's something very...there's safety in that.

Perhaps the same bird echoed through both of us yesterday, seperate, in the evening.