The fascinating thing about food is that if you have issues with it, you have to face it every single day.

What's the point of having a book club if you don't get to eat brownies and drink wine?

In the wintertime I like macaroni and cheese.

An ellipsis is a giant ocean of possibilities.

I find that short stories are almost like palate cleansers, or brain cleansers.

You can quit smoking, and never have to have a cigarette again to survive. But with food, it is a daily challenge.

I love doing readings. I could really give a crap about reviews. It's kind of about the readers.

I remember being banned from other houses as a younger child during the winter holiday season; I was the only one who didn't believe in Santa Claus, and I was ruining everyone's Christmas.

I just think structure can make a book feel so much bigger. It's the architecture. You could use flimsy materials if you wanted to, even, but it could still feel big.

In 1998, I started a blog, something I could control very easily and update at my own whim.

I'm not that much of a researcher. I'm good at channeling characters, and I'm good at structure.

Families are so beautiful. Wherever we may be, looking at kids and happy families make us feel like home.

Powerful words come with powerful intent. Where you have passion, strength, courage, and determination you can accomplish anything!

Well, well, my dear fellow, be it so. We have shared this same room for some years, and it would be amusing if we ended by sharing the same cell. (...)

My mom says that when it rains you never feel like you should be anywhere but home.

The greatest slave in a kingdom is generally the king of it.

How slight and insignificant is the thing which casts down or restores a mind greedy for praise.

Shakespeare would never have gone far in today's politically correct world.

Well, you can't trust most people in this game, period; it can be a very shady business.

I play a complicated position in an intensely team-oriented game.

Ho joined the French socialist party, the first Vietnamese to be a member of a French political party.