He used to say we all had a compass inside of us and what we needed to do was to find it and to follow it..

Reading fiction not only develops our imagination and creativity, it gives us the skills to be alone. It gives us the ability to feel empathy for peo….

We are taught to be suspicious, especially of anyone who might not look like us or share our beliefs..

I don't write for an audience, I don't think whether my book will sell, I don't sell it before I finish writing it..

Well, I always say that the two things I was most disastrous at in my life, being a teenager and being a wife, were the two things I really wound up ….

I really do think that our subconscious gets corrupted with fear, and fear is how news media - all media - makes us [watch] long enough to get to the….

Even though I didn't know I was applying for the job, I have somehow become the spokesperson for independent book stores..

I know that there are people out there who believe we should get rid of all guns..

Time is the most extraordinary gift for friendship. You'll get to eat your meals together and study together; in some cases you'll even sleep in the ….

Whenever I saw her, I felt like I had been living in another country, doing moderately well in another language, and then she showed up speaking Engl….

Reading fiction is important. It is a vital means of imagining a life other than our own, which in turn makes us more empathetic beings. Following co….

Using your imagination is the one time in life you can really go anywhere..

The love between humans is the thing that nails us to the earth..

I'm very sentimental about lobsters. The last lobster I ate was the only lobster I cooked..

The thing you can count on in life is that Tennessee will always be scorching hot in August..

Anytime you write about priests or cops, they're hot-button professions..

When I am emperor, I will abolish private education. Private schools, private college. All of these parents with money and energy and the drive for b….

I could teach. I could wait tables. I could cook in a restaurant. Food and teaching were the two skills I had..

I am the person who is appropriating stories that are not mine and turning them into a book..

Love was action. It came to you. It was not a choice..

The quality of gifts depends on the sincerity of the giver..