You can't do science in a novel, but you can do philosophy. Or, if you're really lucky, you can manage to pose a question in such a way that other people will take it on.

People make events into stories. Stories give events meaning.

I'm a great believer in gathering together all your obsessions and seeing if you can make a novel out of them.

Routine kills creative thought.

Homeopathy seemed . . . both mathematical and poetic.

What folly takes light through ether to each eye from every horizon.

I wonder if the reason I tend to say yes to everything is because I deeply believe that I can survive anything.

One of the biggest problems for beginning writers is this need to over-explain.

But I quite like the way you can talk about science without necessarily using mathematics, but using metaphors instead.

I think about stories and their logic and wonder if there can be any such thing as simply "there is a book.

In real life nothing means anything. Stuff happens and there just is no structure.

You must dream big and dream often. Take risks and see what happens.

The family was not only the social unit, but also the unit of government.

The innocent is the person who explains nothing

I do have a residual belief that, if at all possible, you should try not to mock the weak.

I started being a songwriter pretending I could do it, and it turned out I could.

Life cannot be against you, for you are Life itself. Life can only seem to go against the ego's projections, which are rarely the truth.

I grew up in a small town in Illinois, and my dad was a basketball coach. Thanks to him, I have excellent fundamentals in both basketball and baseball.

When you're a plebeian you want success, and when you're successful you want to be a plebeian again

My favorite movie is Closer and Love Story.

It has been said that the gate of history turns on small hinges, and so do people's lives. The choices we make determine our destiny.