"Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work."

"There's no harm in hoping for the best as long as you're prepared for the worst."

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

"I was going to have a gravestone that said not in my lifetime. Right, but uh somebody sent me a t-shirt at the end of last year that said 'Now I can die in peace.' That's very nice, I thought was real…"

"I love the idea of a good story. I love the idea of a story that's going to stick with you."