In the mess of moving from place to place, I skipped two grades in the space of one year.

I grew up in Cyprus and Egypt, these fantastic places I remember fondly.

I do no writing while I'm in Belgrade visiting my grandma.

For me it was a lot harder to come to terms with the death of my grandfather than it was to come to terms with what's happened to the former Yugoslavia.

The best fiction stays with you and changes you.

My grandfather and I were very close.

A family has its own rituals and its own superstitions.

Come on, is your heart a sponge or a fist?

We're all entitled to our superstitions.

My mother always says that fear and pain are immediate, and that, when they're gone we're left with the concept, but not the true memory.

I've always written about animals. I'm still trying to process why that is.

He didn't have many friends, but he valued his friendship with Angel. She was kind and giving and one of the few women who didn't look at him like he was an un-caged tiger

My iPhone has 2 million times the storage of the 1969 Apollo 11 computer. They went to the moon. I throw birds at pig houses

The story I have told throughout my work life I could not have told as well without Clarence.

Don't ever rope me in as a late-night talk show host. I don't want to be one.

Christ comes with kingly power, to rescue sinners, as a prey from the mouth of the terrible one.

Death and hell are never full, and neither are men's eyes.

It gets boring to me when people talk about clothing brands or what boat they’re going to buy next summer.

Hey!" I screamed, waving the jacket, running to one side of the monster. "Hey, stupid! Ground beef!

You want people using your product because it's a part of your life, then they can't stop using it.

You succeed because you've chosen to be confident. It's not really useful to require yourself to be successful before you're able to become confident.