"Writing may or may not be your salvation; it might or might not be your destiny. But that does not matter. What matters right now are the words, one after another. Find the next word. Write it down."
"There are people who think that things that happen in fiction do not really happen. These people are wrong."
"A book is a dream that you hold in your hands."(As quoted on BookRiot, June 18, 2013)"
"Rule number one: Don't fuck with librarians."
"We owe it to each other to tell stories."
"If you only write when inspired, you may be a fairly decent poet, but you'll never be a novelist."