Just because we're related doesn't mean we are any good at understanding each other..

My stories are never quite good enough.

He wished he had inhabited more of his life, used it better, filled it fuller..

I never think about the actual process of writing. I suppose I have a superstition about examining it too closely..

How plotless real life was!.

I mean you're given all these lessons for the unimportant things--piano-playing, typing. You're given years and years of lessons in how to balance eq….

You think we're a family,' Cody said, turning back. 'You think we're some jolly, situation-comedy family when we're in particles, torn apart, torn al….

I forget a book as soon as I finish writing it, which is not always a good thing.