I write fiction and I'm told it's autobiography, I write autobiography and I'm told it's fiction, so since I'm so dim and they're so smart, let them decide what it is or it isn't.

The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress.

I cannot and do not live in the world of discretion, not as a writer, anyway. I would prefer to, I assure you - it would make life easier. But discretion is, unfortunately, not for novelists.

He had learned the worst lesson that life can teach - that it makes no sense.

You can no more make someone tell the truth than you can force someone to love you.

Old age isn't a battle; old age is a massacre.

The horror of being caged has lost its thrill.

Everybody else is working to change, persuade, tempt and control them. The best readers come to fiction to be free of all that noise.

I have a slogan I use when I get anxious writing, which happens quite a bit: ‘the ordeal is part of the commitment.’ It’s one of my mantras. It makes a lot of things doable.

When the whole world doesn't believe in God, it'll be a great place.

Because that is when you love somebody - when you see them being game in the face of the worst. Not courageous. Not heroic. Just game.

Nobody makes anybody enlightened.Just tell them what you want to say, then let them decide for themselves.

Persistence wears down resistance.

I do not understand when a person is more concerned with the appearance of their house than the state of their home.

People say I don't write books, I make Christmas presents.

It's not about failure it's about trying something and risking something for attaining your goal.

Dogs are us, only innocent.

Be careful to make a good improvement of precious time.

In the past few months, I've become convinced of one thing: If I were a man, I'd be paid more.

I like playing heavy metal music and pretending I'm a vampire in front of the mirror.

An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind.