Writing a short story is a little like walking into a dark room, finding a light and turning it on. The light is the end of the story.

There is your car and the open road, the fabled lure of random adventure. You stand at the verge, and you could become anything.

A conclusion is simply the place where you got tired of thinking.

The happiest I have ever been is in the life that I led with my wife and kids.

I knew I wanted to play around with genre-esque imagery, and the identity theft stuff came in the middle, when I was figuring out how the characters were connected to those images.

I think we're always in some ways writing to the teachers who gave us early love.

Maybe love, like suffering, is relative.

Identity issues are hardwired into the way I think about character - it's almost as if I can't get away from them even if I want to.

I've never been able to sleep very much, even when I was a kid. I used to hate being forced to lay in bed in the darkness, and just shifting in bed and staring at the shadows.

I like to sleep about four or five really solid hours at night, and then sometimes take a nap in the afternoon or early evening after dinner. I love naps.

Even when our death is imminent, we carry the image of ourselves moving forward, alive, into the future.

The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.

Finish: Even if you run a slower than expected time, you succeed in any marathon when you finish.

He wasn't one who wanted to look back on his life and say "I wish I spent more time in the office."

Rich people use debt to leverage investments and grow cash flows. Poor people use debt to buy things that make rich people richer.

Some of the most fun people I know are scientists.

Nothing comes out more clearly in astronomical observations than the immense activity of the universe.

I tried to find a way out in many ways, but it all caught up with me. Once I realised I could sing and write songs, it was just so much easier to do than anything else!

Tell me your thinking, and I'll tell you what your life looks like.

We have a number of difficulties facing our nation, but I believe fatherlessness is right at the top of the list.