There are times when I can't believe how much ridiculous stuff happens to me and how brilliant it is to be in a position to write about it.
When a person sets out to learn from others and not to teach others he becomes a true writer.
Bravery isn't brandishing a sword. It's standing your moral ground and letting others try their best to take you down.
People who don't read fiction are scared of what's inside their own heads.
People who love reading get an instantly warm feeling in their bellies when they hear others describe getting comfortable with a good book.
It's better to be remembered for what you said, not what you earned.
Books are like rivers, meandering this way and that, but taking us on a steady, flowing course to somewhere different.
All the best writers take risks, offend people often and say fuck you to the critics.
When I read a daring book or listen to rebellious music, I feel like I've found what freedom really means.
There is just too much cruelty, selfishness and corruption in the world not to want to crush the poisonous will of those who cause it by writing about it as powerfully as I can.
Blank walls are a shared canvas and we're all artists.
The fear of not being remembered is a dangerous thing.
Reading and writing dangerous books lets me be who I can't be and say what I can't say in everyday life.
Day after day, week after week; writing great fiction takes time, emotion, skill and effort.
There are books that change our perspectives and books that change our personalities.
Most people assume I write at night because of the kind of books I write, but I can shut out the light with my mind.
When I write, I write obsessively. I try to pace myself, but some fires are too hot to put out.
When I write, I try to represent the voices of people I've known who had no voice.
When I write, it feels like there are two little creatures that sit on each of my shoulders. One whispers, "You can do this. You've got what it takes." The other sounds like my mother-in-law.
I do not do free e-books. I occasionally like to eat that thing you people call "food".
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