Most new books are forgotten within a year, especially by those who borrow them.
Death is just the last scene of the last act.
I never change, I simply become more myself.
Novels usually evolve out of 'character. ' Characters generate stories, and the shape of a novel is entirely imagined but should have an aesthetic coherence.
Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another's skin, another's voice, another's soul.
How lovely this world is, really: one simply has to look.
Read widely, and without apology. Read what you want to read, not what someone tells you you should read.
The music industry is a vicious business. It chews women up and spits them out.
We have to learn to make our own way through a complex world without the benefit of an accepted trustworthy route map.
We are our brothers keeper. Its going to be up to all of us.
Be willing to learn, because none of us know the truth