“We’re all just facilitators. The real business is done by readers.”

Writing is something you do alone. It’s a profession for introverts who wanna tell you a story but don’t wanna make eye contact while telling it

Without pain, how could we know joy?

My thoughts are stars I cannot fathom into constellations.

I just did some calculations and I’ve been able to determine that you’re full of shit.

That’s part of what I like about the book in some ways. It portrays death truthfully. You die in the middle of your life, in the middle of a sentence.

Our fearlessness shall be our secret weapon.

Talking to a drunk person was like talking to an extremely happy, severely brain-damaged three-year-old.

Life works best when we think of people as people.

I figured something out. The future is unpredictable.

Great books help you understand, and they help you feel understood.

I didn’t need you, you idiot. I picked you. And then you picked me back.

She loved mysteries so much that she became one.

What you must understand about me is that I’m a deeply unhappy person.

The marks humans leave are too often scars.

Grief does not change you, It reveals you.

There is no shortage of fault to be found amid our stars.

So perhaps the best thing to do is to stop writing Introductions and get on with the book.

The book is true, and if evidence seems to condtradict it, it is the evidence that must be thrown out not the book.

I have sold more books on physics than Madonna has on sex.

I have sold more books on physics than Madonna has on sex.

The best books are those that tell you what you know already.

Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.

If my books can help children become readers then I feel I have accomplished something important.

I always take time to read, and try to read at least one book per week!