Money's important. Everyone cares about money. And when you don't have money, money becomes the overriding obsession of your life.

Novels are fictions and therefore they tell lies, but through those lies every novelist attempts to tell the truth about the world.

There's hope for everyone. That's what makes the world go round.

Stories only happen to those who are able to tell them.

It always stimulates me to discover new examples of my own prejudice and stupidity, to realize that I don't know half as much as I think I do.

One should never underestimate the power of books.

If you're not ready for everything, you're not ready for anything.

Everything can change at any moment, suddenly and forever.

It often happens that things are other than what they seem, and you can get yourself into trouble by jumping to conclusions.

Memory is the space in which a thing happens for a second time.

It seems to me that I will always be happy in the place where I am not.

Live the moment. Cherish the present. Anticipate the future. Frame the yesteryear

Some scars don't hurt. Some scars are numb. Some scars rid you of the capacity to feel anything ever again.

Competition exists to choose who gets the prize when the prize can’t be shared.

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Technology allows more people to tell more stories in more ways. Storytelling knows no boundaries. I believe print and web can work beautifully together.

We cannot fully understand the relations of time and choice until we are beyond both.

Now I know why women get their ears pierced. Once they've survived this ordeal of mutilation, they can face the discomforts of childbirth with equanimity.

The chief art of learning is to attempt but a little at a time.

I didn't sit down and work out other people's material; I've never believed in that.

Sometimes Sarah [Chalke] starts to talk about Iraq or whatever and she gets all excited, like I actually give a crap what she's saying. Come on, she's a woman. But still, it's very cute.