For me, I've gotten better at that since I've gotten older. I never was good at that when I was younger..

It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In certain ….

I hope Mr. Obama has success..

I usually tame my off-kilter sense of humor for novels..

Instead of speaking saintly words we must act them..

You change the rules or you are going under..

We must not be anything other than what we are..

History is always repeating itself, but each time the price goes up..

I dont like quotes. You can quote me on that..

Everything I make starts very personally..

I shall participate, I shall contribute, and in so doing, I will be the gainer..

I'm just going to continue to do the music that I love..

Writing a novel is a lot like reading one..

I just can't read music..

Experience is what you get while looking for something else..

I don't stutter when I talk to God. He loves me..

Loving somebody is the beginning of everything..

The drive for happiness is vital; it's what keeps us in motion..

The ingredients that make a good poem often differ from those that make a good essay and from those that make a good novel..

A smattering of everything, and a knowledge of nothing..

I am a toggler. I always have three or four projects going, short stories alongside novels and essays. When one project is terrible, there's somewher….