"The first duty of a novelist is to entertain. If you don't entertain, then all the deeper stuff is lost."

"Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open."

"Writing is a lonely profession. And that's okay. Because sometimes, the best company is yourself."

"If you liked being a teenager, there's something really wrong with you."

"I never had a bad time in the library. I never had a bad time in a bookstore."