Writing Novels Is An Essentially Amateur Activity.

A Bookstore Is One Of The Few Places Where All The Cantankerous, Conflicting, Alluring Voices Of The World Co-exist In Peace And Order And The Avid Reader Is As Free As A Person Can Possibly Be, Because She Is Free To Choose Among Them.

Some People Do Wait Their Whole Lives For Something, And It's Only When That Thing Arrives That They Find Out That They've Been Waiting Rather Than Living.

I Had Spent Years Thinking About One Thing While I Was Doing Another. I Had, In Fact, Prided Myself On Being Able To Do Two Things At Once.

Every First Draft Is Perfect, Because All A First Draft Has To Do Is Exist.

Many People, Myself Among Them, Feel Better At The Mere Sight Of A Book.