In the end, for me, the sole single goal is to write the best novel that I can. Whether or not it gets made or gets purchased.

That a day spent with dreaming and sunsets and refreshing breezes cannot be bettered.

Love is like the wind, you can't see it but you can feel it.

I fell in love with her when we were together, then fell deeper in love with her in the years we were apart.

You are, and always have been, my dream.

In the blink of an eye, something happens by chance - when you least expect it - sets you on a course that you never planned, into a future you never imagined.

I want you to be.... happy.

I mean, if the relationship can't survive the long term, why on earth would it be worth my time and energy for the short term?

The scariest thing about distance is that you don’t know whether they’ll miss you or forget you.

You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.

Writing the last page of the first draft is the most enjoyable moment in writing. It's one of the most enjoyable moments in life, period.

It was a dreadful thing to see. Humans beings can be awful cruel to one another.

Sleep is the real beauty secret, but I don't get enough of that.

We've always had a lot of different influences and we've always liked catchy music from the Beatles to Cheap Trick to Elvis Costello.

I'm into video games, but only real specific lame video games. In a more traditional nerd sense, I just read lots of books and I enjoyed school.

Pure truth is for God alone.

In L.A., I like to surf. I went through a phase - I was surfing four days a week. I'm still not good at it; I still spend most of my time falling.

It is no good saying we [journalists] must report only what is true because what is true cannot always be proven.

Knowledge is finite. Wonder is infinite.

I feel like I’m eighty years old. I’m tired of life and my mind wants to die.

That's such a great thing about New York, after growing up in a place and being there for twenty plus years, there's still a whole island to discover.