We're animals. We're born like every other mammal and we live our whole lives around disguised animal thoughts..

Because I write fiction that is based in the real world, it's going to lead people into some of the modern dilemmas and concerns and even catastrophe….

If you're standing in the manure pile, it's somebody's job to mention the stink..

I'm of a fearsome mind to throw my arms around every living librarian who crosses my path, on behalf of the souls they never knew they saved..

Most people no longer believe that buying sneakers made in Asian sweatshops is a kindness to those child laborers. Farming is similar. In every count….

Good fiction creates empathy. A novel takes you somewhere and asks you to look through the eyes of another person, to live another life..

It's terrible to lose somebody, but it's also true that some people never have anybody to lose, and I think that's got to be so much worse..

I don't *ever* write about real people. Art is supposed to be better than that. If you want a slice of life, look out the window..

When I look out the window, I exhale a prayer of thanks for the color green, for my children's safety, for the simple acts of faith like planting a g….

What keeps you going isn't some fine destination but just the road you're on, and the fact that you know how to drive. You keep your eyes open, you s….

Scientific illiteracy in our populations is leaving too many of us unprepared to discuss or understand much of the damage we are wreaking on our atmo….

The truth needs so little rehearsal..

I've about decided that's the main thing that separates happy people from the other people: the feeling that you're a practical item, with a use, lik….

I had decided early on that if I couldn’t dress elegant, I’d dress memorable..

Human manners are wildly inconsistent; plenty of people have said so. But this one takes the cake: the manner in which we're allowed to steal from fu….

Will you explain to me why people encourage delusional behaviour in children, and medicate it in adults?.

That was when we smelled the rain. It was so strong it seemed like more than just a smell. When we stretched out our hands we could practically feel ….

We're surrounded by mandates, and I believe that literature should be mandate-free. I feel very strongly about that..

Poetry feels like a country I visit without a passport, where I look around furtively, grab hold of something precious, and try to smuggle it back ac….

Sugar, it's no parade but you'll get down the street one way or another, so you'd just as well throw your shoulders back and pick up the pace..

I'm never going to tell the reader what to believe; I'm going to examine these characters that believe different ways, and examine their motives..