“I often wonder what I'd do if there weren't any books in the world.”
“If it weren't for the friends I have in books, I'd have no friends at all.”
“Writing this book is not just me encouraging others to lean in. This is me leaning in. Writing this book is what I would do if I weren't afraid.”
“I know if I weren't writing about the things I'd like to do I'd be out doing them. Including killing a whole bunch of folks”
“And I wonder if there is really any point to what I'm doing, or what I'm supposed to make of a world where a man can get rich playing "let's pretend”
“There weren't any villains though. The world was just complicated in various ways, and there weren't any obvious villains to be found. It was excruciating.”