“It still might be a shock. To realize you are just one story walking among millions.”

“Having grown up here, I always wonder what it would be like to see this city as a tourist. Is it ever a disappointment? I have to believe that New York always lives up to its reputation. The buildings really are that tall. The lights really are that bright. There's truly a story on every corner. But it still might be a shock. To realize you are just one story walking among millions. To not feel the bright lights even as they fill the air. To see the tall buildings and only feel a deep longing for the stars.”

“Everytime you read, you are walking among the dead, and, if you are listening, you just might hear prophecies.”

“There are a million things one might do with a block of wood. But what do you think might happen if someone, just once, believed in it?”

“The saying in China is "If you're one in a million, there's still 1,300 people just like you.”

“One of the most terrifying aspects of publishing stories and books is the realization that they are going to be read, and read by strangers. I had never fully realized this before, although I had of course in my imagination dwelt lovingly upon the thought of the millions and millions of people who were going to be uplifted and enriched and delighted by the stories I wrote.”