“Chapter one is where you reach out your hand to the reader and say, "Come, let's have an adventure together.”
“Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it runs by.”
“If you never reach out, no one will ever take your hand. (Lorelei)If I never reach out, then no one can ever bite my hand. (Jack)”
“Readers will always insist on adventures, and though you can have grief without adventures, you cannot have adventures without grief.”
“I cannot help that readers will always insist on adventures, and though you can have grief without adventures, you cannot have adventures without grief.”
“I got to thinking—when it was too late—you have to reach out to people. To your family, too. You can't just let them sit there, you should put your hand out. If they slap it back, well you reach out again if you care enough. If you don't care enough, you forget about them, if you can.”