"The most important thing is to be honest with yourself, and to write what you truly feel."

"I don't believe in God. I believe in stories."

"Every one of us is losing something precious to us. Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back again. That’s part of what it means to be alive."

"The world is full of strange and wonderful things, and it's the writer's job to find them."

"Every time I write a novel, it's like going to war."