...the making of stories is only one part of my craft -mainly, I'm a heart whisperer...

...you can have a dark heart and be a writer, but you can't have a black one..

...authority is the unmistakeable tone in the voice of a true writer...

...If I ever got sloppy and maudlin, it would be for the streets of my childhood—but no self- respecting writer should ever eulogize a slum...

As a child I was an inveterate liar. As opposed to now, I am a Novelist.

...the most beautiful things don't always make you happy - often they make you weep...