“There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.”

“What we think often does more to influence the nature of our relationships than what we say or do.”

“Women's fiction is just a marketing category, designed to appeal more to women than to men. But there are stories in that category that any human being would like.”

“The sense of wishing to be known only for what one really is is like putting on an old, easy, comfortable garment. You are no longer afraid of anybody or anything. You say to yourself, 'Here I am --- just so ugly, dull, poor, beautiful, rich, interesting, amusing, ridiculous -- take me or leave me.' And how absolutely beautiful it is to be doing only what lies within your own capabilities and is part of your own nature. It is like a great burden rolled off a man's back when he comes to want to appear nothing that he is not, to take out of life only what is truly his own.”

“The fastest way to find out if someone is really your friend, is to tell them that you’re broke.”

“Fiction is very, very important," he said, his voice is rising. "Storytelling is how people learn. You get people to understand new cultures and other lives through stories. Made-up stories. Fiction.”

“He rolled his eyes. "Fiction lies for the truth.”