The issue is that my book, and so many others, are not available for pre-order from Amazon. I hadn't realized how much that mattered for new authors. And how much Amazon is hurting us.

All crises, once averted, become jokes.

At Ucross I learned that I am capable of focusing deeply for long periods of time. I love to write. I don't think I would have said that before this trip.

I think that sharpens the intention of a scene and clarifies a story's arc. Of course, I don't seek the questions until after I've written a scene - or maybe after I've daydreamed it.

I tossed off a mention of the pirates early on. And they became integral to the backstory. Sometimes now I imagine them in the woods. They scare me. All men. Dirty and wearing red.

I suppose that it's my impulse to mine, as a writer, these scary parts of ourselves and the world.

I am glad it's [California novel] resonated with people because, for me, most apocalyptic novels aren't scary, because they feel so very far off.

Men were stupid to forget what good sleuths women could be.

I'm married. And pregnant.

I have a darker imagination than most people.

Thank you Earth for I've never known a better friend

When you're cold, don't expect sympathy from someone who's warm.

We have global communication and yet confrontation is more common than dialogue.

The intuitive magician will find a certain relationship between the earth zone and the muladhara center.

Getting an unsophisticated client was the golden prize. The quickest way to make money on Wall Street is to take the most sophisticated product and try to sell it to the least sophisticated client.

Tranquility is nothing else than the good ordering of the mind.

When I lose the sense of motivation and the sense to prove something as a basketball player, it's time for me to move away from the game.

Leadership is about tapping the wellsprings of human motivation - and about fundamental relations with one's fellows.

Girls of all kinds can be beautiful.

I don't think any of us thought Donald Trump could get this far.