In a novel, the relationship between writer and reader is such a pure one.

I'm one of three brothers.

Her lips were like the soft beauty of a delicately designed silken scarf.

I'm a member of the Pacific Council on International Policy.

I feel like a centrist, an issue-specific person. I'm pretty conservative fiscally and pretty liberal on social issues.

I've always wanted to write a novel. It's overwhelming and daunting, and it's one of those things that every writer fantasizes about doing.

Listening takes practice, and it takes patience. But I promise, if you listen, your story will be better for it.

Where I came from, no one was a writer.

In a novel, the only budgetary limitations are that of your imagination.

I have a ways to go as a novelist. But what's great is, well, I frankly enjoyed the solitude. And I enjoyed being able to tell characters what to say and do without negotiating with an actor.

When you're writing a novel, you're still telling a story. But you're telling it very differently. It's a craft like anything else.

I have a love in my life. It makes me stronger than anything you can imagine.

Kinsey thought that Freud in his own way was as dangerous as the Catholic Church.

I am neither in the past, nor avant-garde. My style follows life.

I really don't care much about baseball, or looking at ball games, major or minor. All my interest in baseball is in its statistics.

What children need is the conviction that satisfaction can and must be earned. ... Spoiled children do not learn the must.

Keep your intelligence white hot and your grief glistening“ so your life will stay fresh.

Terror is glamour - not only, but also. I am firmly convinced that there's something like a fascination with death among suicide bombers.

My dad said I did the right thing. I hope I did, but it's hard to tell sometimes.

There is One God. We have an epistemic center. There is meaning.

Chances are where you find them