“The thing about stories is you have to pick the ones that last.”

“the greatest thing about having so many laws was that you could pick and choose, and move on to the next when the last lost its magic.”

“That's the thing about a great book. Every time you read it, it's different, because you're different. You've changed since the last time you picked it up, things have happened to you.”

“Writing about myself (in MI VIDA), has given me a feeling that I had never had before- that the past is like a story, in which one thing led to another, and that life is not a boundless mystery, but a finite thing that can be somewhat comprehended. Thinking about writing? You just have to start with one story...”

“It reminds me of those carefree days in elementary school," Adam said, taking a sop of milk. "Where the only thing you worried about was being first on the swings, or being picked last for kickball.”

“I never think of stories as made things; I think of them as found things. As if you pull them out of the ground, and you just pick them up.”