I think it's true that unless human beings experience something, they simply don't understand what people are going through.

Pepsi brings your ancestors back from the dead.

Boring people don't know they're boring. That's the problem with boring people.

I'm trying always to leave out what I think is extraneous. And to find what I think is the most wonderful language to make a beautiful sentence.

I'm the author of my own misery.

I don't think anybody says to Coetzee or Dostoyevsky or Kafka, "Your characters aren't likeable." It's not about your character winning a popularity contest. That's not the writer's job.

It's not the writer who determines how good she is anyway. Writers don't determine that. It's readers who determine that.

Do the obvious, you won't forget it. Do the obvious, you won't regret it. Obvious, obvious, obvious.

Nonfiction gives you subjects. Writing fiction I can have more fun, but I have to invent my subject.

Without curiosity a writer is dead.

I don't believe a picture is worth a thousand words, unless they're very confusing words.

When you have a heart, then you will be getting the hurt

An open beginner's mind is a powerful tool for developing patience.

I just want silence... nothing less... nothing more.

The only real treasure is in your head. Memories are better than diamonds and nobody can steal them from you

My old drama coach used to say, 'Don't just do something, stand there.' Gary Cooper wasn't afraid to do nothing.

Religion is the only solid Base of morals and that Morals are the only possible Support of free governments.

I always knew I wanted to be a writer.

First of all, there is absolutely an order that we have put together to create the maximum number of surprises, but that's just part of our storytelling.

Upon him the contempt of three planets descended.

I have never considered it my business to disabuse someone of a belief that makes life tolerable for them.