I would get a lot of writing done if I lived in isolation in a cave under a swamp.

The feat of surviving is directly related to the capacity of the survivor.

I was haunted by a bear attack that happened in Algonquin Park in 1991. The problem was that I dont believe in ghosts, so that ruled out an exorcism. My other choice was to start writing.

The body needs food, warmth and water, but your heart needs more.

A young woman hiking alone in the mountains sounds dangerous. In the pre-cell phone era maybe it was, but Ill stop short of calling it foolish.

How do you solve a mystery? How do you write a book? The techniques for starting both are surprisingly similar. Find an intriguing question and, pen and dagger tucked under cloak, search for clues.

Parents spend a lot of time talking over kids. My son went through a vocabulary burst as I was writing The Bear. I thought, What if I just stopped and listened?

I love the Internet, and I love wasting time on the Internet - even though it sometimes ends up being not being a waste of time.

I like situations that push a character to the edge.

Silence is argument carried out by other means.

You can't be attending to your dream only when you perfectly feel like doing so. Its pursuit has to become a big part of your daily life.

There are very few movies in English about romantic obsession told with a seriousness of purpose.

You don't find love, it finds you. It's got a little bit to do with destiny, fate, and what's written in the stars.

All exercises that you do with your own bodyweight are great.

A woman or a man creating feel very much the same way.

If I had a nervous breakdown every time something awful happened in the world, I'd be crazier than a shithouse rat.

Everyone has their own mantra.

Time is the shower of Danae; each drop is golden.

The country life is to be preferred, for there we see the works of God; but in cities little else but the works of men. And the one makes a better subject for contemplation than the other.