"Tell him yes. Even if you are dying of fear, even if you are sorry later, because whatever you do, you will be sorry all the rest of your life if you say no."

"I do not believe in an afterlife, but I believe in the power of stories."

"The only thing that matters is love. Everything else is just a distraction."

"I've always said that the only reason I write is so that I can tell my friends how much I love them."

"Ultimately, literature is nothing but carpentry. With both, you are working with reality, a material just as hard as wood."