"Love. Fall in love and stay in love. Write only what you love, and love what you write. The key word is love. You have to get up in the morning and write something you love, something to live for."
"Learning to let go should be learned before learning to get. Life should be touched, not strangled. You’ve got to relax, let it happen at times, and at others move forward with it."
"It takes writing a billion bad words before you get to the good ones."
"The best scientist is open to experience and begins with romance - the idea that anything is possible."
"Libraries raised me."
"There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches."