"I'm simply interested in what's going to happen next. I don't think I can control it, and I don't think anybody else can either."

"To be a good writer, you have to be a good observer."

"I have a theory that the only way to get rid of a bad habit is to replace it with a good one."

"If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot."

"I don't know what it is about humanity, but we're always trying to make things worse for ourselves."