“One good reason for writing novels based on your life is that you have something to read in old age when you've forgotten what happened.”

“Sometimes when I pick up a book off the shelf, when I'm buying a new book to read, I'll look at all of them and they all have the exact same words inside, but I'll think that one is meant to go home with me. I'll never pick the first thing off the shelf, I'll always go one behind.”