When I wrote nonfiction, my best work was the really personal stuff.

Writing is a job, a talent, but it's also the place to go in your head. It is the imaginary friend you drink your tea with in the afternoon.

Part of it is living in Tennessee. I'm so out of the loop. And as a person, I'm out of the loop. I'm oblivious by nature.

Never be so focused on what you're looking for that you overlook the thing you actually find.

No matter how much we love a book, the experience of reading it isn't complete until we can give it to someone who will love it as much as we do

Only a few of us are going to be willing to break our own hearts by trading in the living beauty of imagination for the stark disappointment of words.

You are always someones favorite unfolding story

Just because things hadn't gone the way I had planned didn't necessarily mean they had gone wrong.

I can write for any magazine now, in any voice. I can do it in two hours, I could do it in my sleep, it's like writing a grocery list.

There can be something cruel about people who have had good fortune. They equate it with personal goodness.

Sometimes not having any idea where we’re going works out better than we could possibly have imagined.

Your knowledge can stir the world, your intellect can move it, your wisdom can shake it, but only your love can truly change it.

There was no denying it. Boys grabbed him. Their loveliness tore him apart. The world was a wonder after all.

Never lend your car to someone you've given birth to.

How I wish that somewhere there existed an island for those who are wise and of good will.

When you hear someone use the word 'meds' instead of the word 'medicine,' chances are they're no stranger to massive doses of mind-altering psychotropic drugs. Back out of the room slowly.

When in Boston, I shall be able to take you out to dinner, if not to bed. I should greatly prefer the latter, but I must accept my lot.

I love the plus (fashion) industry! It embraces a lot of women who would otherwise disappear into the background. I truly love what I do!

My favourite subjects at school were algebra and logic: making a big problem into something small.

Honestly, the most uncomfortable thing for me is my level of incompetence is uncomfortable.

I think I've always tried to be very professional to how I approach the game, my preparation. Every game is important.