“Habit is the best thing for you if you’re trying to write prose.”

I think fiction writers write what they do because no one else has written it and they want to read it.

You want to set this one down so you can take a breath, and keep reading–all at the same time.

This is much more than your typical thriller. Tim Johnston has written a book that makes Gone Girl seem gimmicky . . . Johnston is an excellent writer.

It is no longer possible for lyric poetry to express the immensity of our experience. Life has grown too cumbersome, too complicated. We have acquired values which are best expressed in prose.

I don’t feel I made any sacrifices at all. I’m doing my best to juggle.

My music is best understood by children and animals.

The best way to hold on to something is to pay no attention to it. The things you love too much perish. You have to treat everything with irony, especially the things you hold dear. There’s more of a chance then that they’ll survive.

Worry and fear did their best to sway her, but she was too preoccupied with truth.

All the best stories in the world are but one story in reality – the story of escape. It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape.

The mirrors in your mind can reflect the best of yourself, not the worst of someone else.

Nature is the best instructor.