I Usually Write About Ordinary People And

And I Can Imagine Farmer Saying He Doesn't Care If No One Else Is Willing To Follow Their Example. He's Still Going To Make These Hikes, He'd Insist, Because If You Say That Seven Hours Is Too Long To Walk For Two Families Of Patients, You're Saying That Their Lives Matter Less Than Some Others', And The Idea That Some Lives Matter Less Is The Root Of All That's Wrong With The World.

In Order To Go On With Our Lives, We Are Always Capable Of Making The Ominous Into The Merely Strange.

Being A Professional Writer Is Not An Easy Way To Make A Living.

The Hardest Thing Was Learning To Write. I Was 13, And The Only Writing I Had Done Was For Social Studies. It Consisted Of Copying Passages Right Out Of The Encyclopedia

I Always Want To Write Something Better Than The Last Book.