"I write description in longhand because that's hardest for me and you're closer to the paper when you work by hand, but I use the typewriter for dialogue because people speak like a typewriter works."
"The hard part about writing a novel is finishing it."
"I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?"
"The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them."
"it is all very well for you to write simply and the simpler the better. But do not start to think so damned simply. Know how complicated it is and then state it simply."
"I didn't want to kiss you goodbye — that was the trouble — I wanted to kiss you good night — and there's a lot of difference."