Writing is a miserable, awful business. Stay with it. It is better than anything in the world..

That was the way things worked. When you were looking for the big fight, the moment that you thought would knock everything over, nothing much happen….

The tricky thing about being a writer, or about being any kind of artist, is that in addition to making art you also have to make a living..

You can’t pick up and leave everything behind because there is too much sadness in the world and not enough places to go..

Keeping people safe is a story we tell ourselves..

There are, of course, people who didn't create the trouble they're in, but lots of them do..

It was all in my head and now all I had to do was figure out a way to get it down on paper..

Do you want to do this thing? Sit down and do it. Are you not writing? Keep sitting there. Does it not feel right? Keep sitting there. Think of yours….

Learn to write by writing.

I wanted to eat her pain, take it into me and make it my own..

Art stands on the shoulders of craft, which means that to get to the art, you must master the craft..

It turns out that the distance from head to hand, from wafting butterfly to entomological specimen, is achieved through regular practice. What begins….

People always say, "Can writing be taught?" I always think, I can teach you how to write a better sentence, how to do dialogue, how to do character, ….

It's easier to love a woman when you can't understand a word she's saying..

I always feel it is a shortcoming of mine as a reader and as a writer that I frankly need to like somebody..

The secret is to keep adding voices, adding ideas, and moving things around as you put together your life. If you’re lucky, putting together your lif….

People seem able to love their dogs with an unabashed acceptance that they rarely demonstrate with family or friends. The dogs do not disappointment ….

Some people need a huge amount of attention, and they are worthy of that attention, and they're still exhausting..

I am a totally public person..

She sang as if she was saving the life of every person in the room..

For a man to know what he has when he had it, that is what makes him a fortunate man..