The feat of surviving is directly related to the capacity of the survivor.

I was haunted by a bear attack that happened in Algonquin Park in 1991. The problem was that I dont believe in ghosts, so that ruled out an exorcism. My other choice was to start writing.

I would get a lot of writing done if I lived in isolation in a cave under a swamp.

The body needs food, warmth and water, but your heart needs more.

A young woman hiking alone in the mountains sounds dangerous. In the pre-cell phone era maybe it was, but Ill stop short of calling it foolish.

How do you solve a mystery? How do you write a book? The techniques for starting both are surprisingly similar. Find an intriguing question and, pen and dagger tucked under cloak, search for clues.

Parents spend a lot of time talking over kids. My son went through a vocabulary burst as I was writing The Bear. I thought, What if I just stopped and listened?

I love the Internet, and I love wasting time on the Internet - even though it sometimes ends up being not being a waste of time.

I like situations that push a character to the edge.

"God save our gracious Queen": Why would we invoke a non-specific deity to bail out these unelected spongers?

Everything has gotten vulgar and out of line for children to watch. It's more of a swearing match.

The Brown decision promised that every child, regardless of the color of his or her skin, would have unequivocal access to quality education and an equal opportunity to pursue his/her dreams

You are in the perfect position to get there from here.

Great men's errors are to be venerated as more fruitful than little men's truths.

I'm not certain that the BBC can claim to be making a wide enough range of distinctive programmes to make the case convincingly.

The more social media we have, the more we think we're connecting, yet we are really disconnecting from each other.

The world is changing and people don't like change.

Think of Zen, of the Void, of Good and Evil and you are bound hand and foot. Think only and entirely and completely of what you are doing at the moment and you are free as a bird.

Apparently two, but one in soul, you and I.