“...there is no map of the soul because we make it up as we go...”

“...when you're broken, everything gets a little honester - you make mistakes and don't give a damn - you give up on perfection, but get real...”

“...don't be afraid of going by a way you've never gone - that's the way we're all going...”

“...Tolstoy said, happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story - then what does that make us?...”

“...my novels are like life - I never know where they're going until I get to the end...”

“...You won't age? I promise you this - your hands will go shiny and transparent and at the slightest bruise they'll bleed...”

“...God sometimes sends flowers -but I like it best when he darkens the sky and lights up an infinitude of worlds...”