I can't account for Beth at all, ... I would not say in any of my books that things have gotten away from me but Beth is truly just out there.

[Nora ultimately expresses herself with work that is her personal best, though shocking and pretty] out there. ... Dead is easy, dying is hard. Getting through the day is hard. What Nora does ... simply acknowledges that.

A Wall of Light.

(Being on the short list) means that Luck will have more readers, which, of course, is always the purpose - you want to reach as many people as you can. This is a fabulous way of doing it.

My grandma always said that God made libraries so that people didn't have any excuse to be stupid.

Electronic books are ideal for people who value the information contained in them, or who have vision problems, or who like to read on the subway, or who do not want other people to see how they are amusing themselves, or who have storage and clutter issues, but they are useless for people who are engaged in an intense, lifelong love affair with books. Books that we can touch; books that we can smell; books that we can depend on.