“DEDICATED TO YOU:I cannot believe you and I have come so far. Your book is not a goodbye, however-just another beginning.But you're used to that...”

“What use is a good book...if you cannot share your pleasure in it with another?”

“You're so stupid, sometimes.""You're stupid.""Moooom!"This book is dedicated to our mom.”

“You're far from this. This story is just another few hundred pages of your mind.”

“Once you accept your own death, all of a sudden you're free to live. You no longer care about your reputation. You no longer care except so far as your life can be used tactically to promote a cause you believe in.""We must believe that it is the darkest before the dawn of a beautiful new world. We will see it when we believe it.”

“The more I write, the more I've come to realize that books have a different place in our society than other media. Books are different from television or film because they ask you to finish the project. You have to be actively engaged to read a book. It's more like a blueprint. What it really is, is an opportunity... A book is a place where you're forced to use your imagination. I find it disappointing that you're not being asked to imagine more.”