"We are not always what we seem, and a good trick of the mind is to convince yourself that you are what you wish to be."

"Reading and writing are the two most important things you can do."

"The future is a thing that is perpetually breaking in upon the present."

"You’re never going to kill storytelling because it’s built into the human plan. We come with it."

"When you're a writer, you're always eavesdropping."