Write whatever way you like. Fiction is made of words on a page; reality is made of something else. It doesn't matter how "real" your story is, or how "made up": what matters is its necessity.

People do not change, they are merely revealed.

Only bad writers think that their work is really good.

God, I hate my family, these people I never chose to love, but love all the same.

We do not always like the people we love- we do not always have that choice.

I have no place left to live but in my own heart.

The way to write a book is to actually write a book. A pen is useful, typing is also good. Keep putting words on the page.

I’m really lucky with the people around me. They know me, so they don’t confuse the issues really. They know what a book is and they know who I am and they know the difference between the two.

There are men who would do anything, asleep, and I'm not sure what stops them when they wake. I do not know how they draw the line.

Description is hard. Remember that all description is an opinion about the world. Find a place to stand.

Try to be accurate about stuff.

You Can't Live If You Can't Die

You can't look back - you just have to put the past behind you, and find something better in your future.

We need quiet time to examine our lives openly and honestly - spending quiet time alone gives your mind an opportunity to renew itself and create order.

This whole world is wild at heart and weird on top.

Greatest thing in life: Winning a tennis match. Second greatest thing in life: Losing a tennis match

He felt that all his hitherto dissipated and dispersed forces were gathered and directed with terrible energy towards one blissful goal.

I enjoy nakedness. I am a bit of a naturist at heart.

I don't want to be seen as the kind of person who does things and then expects publicity in return.

The sky is my prayer, the birds are my prayer, the wind in the trees is my prayer, for God is all in all.

If you talk to God, you are praying; If God talks to you, you have schizophrenia.