The more I write, the more I've come to realize that books have a different place in our society than other media. Books are different from televisio….

It is what we see when we imagine what the afterlife must be like: our happiest triumphs, our most sincere moments, stolen from the seam of our lives….

In novels you're able to occupy character's internal thoughts and it's really hard to do in a film or a TV show. When you're reading a character's th….

Beneath all of her thoughts and worries, beneath the complication of conflicting identities and needs, maybe it's as simple as loving the way some ot….

In our town there is a secret spot where you can still see the stars at night, believe it or not. It is the only spot like that left, unclouded by th….

The most important things in your life are almost always impossible to predict..

The boy detective thinks, The only thing all men have in common with one another is their inherent capacity to make mistakes. He reasons, But there i….

Maybe that's why people have friends at all. Not because they like them so much but because they don't make them feel so much worse..

[Sex] is really awkward. You know you have expectations and then it's this great moment of connection and it's a surprise. But that's what so excitin….

When she cries, it is quiet, tearless, almost completely imperceptible: one more unheard prayer..

People are just greedy animals, after all..

The world of evil is only as evil as we allow it to be..

Where do you go when you die? Ha ha. Go on, go on and tell her, Billy." Billy smiles. "You become a little voice in someone's ear telling them that t….

I'm kind of interested in learning to learn and grow and challenge myself. I think I've been very fortunate in that my books are pretty different fro….

I always feel super uncomfortable when it's like ah, there probably has to be a sex scene. I feel really bad and then always look around to see if an….

Our worlds are so momentary. We are along all our lives and then go off that way as well..

Do not be confused by what the natural world knows: We are all, in our own way, completely and totally alone. If love is real, it is complete and tot….

We have fun acting like this, acting like we are incredibly offended. Really, we are just bored to tears with everything..

Maybe it was better to just go on believing everything was OK, even when really bad things were just about to happen..

I was getting close to thirty and was trying on the idea of becoming more mature. I was reading more. I had gone out and bought a lot of shirts..

It is the strain of walking around the world-down the street, riding city buses and elevators, moving from place to place to place-and not knowing wh….