I just take everything one at a time and make sure everything I do is the best..

It is by doing anything that we become anyone.

I always tell this story: When I started, the woman went to the store to buy a dress. She saw it in pink and red, and then she remembered that the hu….

We find ourselves only by looking to what we’re not..

You can get to everywhere from almost anywhere..

There is something indecent in words ..

Leave that which is not, but appears to be. Seek that which is, but is not apparent..

In truth, how much time do any of us really have?.

We have to save as many lives as we possibly can..

Collaborate, don't dictate..

For me, the short story is the depth of a novel, the breadth of a poem, and, as you come to the last few paragraphs, the experience of surprise..

I've always looked older..

Those who will not start, will never finish..

Those who love to be feared, fear to be loved. Some fear them, but they fear everyone..

To do or not to do... that is the question..

Good writin' ain't necessarily good readin'..

Success has less to do with what we can get ourselves to do and more to do with keeping ourselves from doing what we shouldn’t..

I think about stories and their logic and wonder if there can be any such thing as simply "there is a book..

The deadlines are much, much longer with books. When I was a reporter, a lot of times I'd come in at 8:30 a.m., get an assignment right away, intervi….

You can change an outfit, you can outfit change, or both..

I like to be surprised by life..