Writing a novel resembles a journey with only the sketchiest of maps.

...falling in love could be achieved in a single word—a glance.

come back, come back to me

Imagining what it is like to be someone other than yourself is at the core of our humanity. It is the essence of compassion, and it is the beginning of morality.

I've never had a moment's doubt. I love you. I believe in you completely. You are my dearest one. My reason for life.

A person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn and not easily mended.

True intelligence requires fabulous imagination.

When its gone, you'll know what a gift love was. you'll suffer like this. So go back and fight to keep it.

I believe the novella is the perfect form of prose fiction. It is the beautiful daughter of a rambling, bloated ill-shaven giant (but a giant who's a genius on his best days).

I'm holding back, delaying the information. I'm lingering in the prior moment because it was a time when other outcomes were still possible.

Observing human variety can give pleasure, but so too can human sameness.

A villain is just a victim whose story hasn’t been told.

It’s not that I was categorically opposed to the idea of scientists and physicians using gene editing to introduce heritable changes into the human genome.

I'm learning skills I will use for the rest of my life by doing homework...procrastinating and negotiation.

Every Democrat on Capitol Hill professes to be a fiscal hawk.

To reach people that no one is reaching you have to do things that no one is doing.

The past which you carry in your purse is a gift and a curse when you goin' head first.

I am absorbed in the magic of movement and light. Movement never lies. It is the magic of what I call the outer space of the imagination.

Once in awhile you get shown the light, in the strangest of places if you look it right

If you want something in a deal, just ask for it.

And make no mistake, my friend, your pointless life will end; but before you go, can you look at the truth?