"I want to be remembered as a writer who wrote about the human heart in conflict with itself."

"I had a dream that I was a character in one of my own books."

"I don't want to live. I want to love first, and live incidentally."

"I believe in the power of words. I believe that words can change the world."

"I'm not a novelist. I'm a short story writer. I'm a poet. I'm a playwright. I'm a journalist. I'm a hack."