People aren't social. They're tribal. Race doesn't exist, but tribes are real.

I love the idea of biracial. I actually don't use the word biracial. I tend to use mixed. Biracial to me accentuates the word race, and, you know, I don't really care for it.

The sociopaths - that's the real problem. The whole street demeanor is about pretending to be a sociopath as well so that the real ones can't find you.

Even drunk, I knew any escape plan that involved going to Detroit, Michigan, was a harbinger of doom.

It is a great moment in every freak's life when he or she finds out that at least they are not the only one.

For some reason, people always assign high cheekbones to some ethnicity, but apparently by their regards, everybody on earth has high cheekbones. So I don't know if that matters.

Everybody just gets on my nerves after like, 10 minutes, you know.

I'm really suspicious of anybody who comes in and says, this is your identity now, or this is your belief system, and now that you have this, everything's going to be great.

My weak suit is whatever each reader hates about each book.

My strong suit is that I've been willing to risk on the page to get somewhere interesting.

I've been writing forever, 20 years.

The greater part of a men who speak ill of women are speaking of a certain woman.

If we had more reliable systems of law and governance perhaps our friendship would be shallower.

Everything that happens in your future is a direct result of what you do today.

Hate is a cancer on one’s soul.

The easiest way for readers to connect with characters and feel sympathy is to make the character entertaining, sympathetic and likeable.

The soul should be examined in the light of other souls.

When everyone is against you, it means you are absolutely wrong - or you are absolutely right.

You totally need to watch the news." "Can't." "Why?" "It's too depressing." "Right, because hanging with dead people isn't.

I've had a lot of fun. Good-bye, and thank you.

One of the biggest things I learned was that it's OK to be nervous and admit that you're having a hard time.