Whoever wants light, should give light, so he receives his payment.
I had a naiveté that I would remember the things that I had written already, but I was getting lost in the forest of my own ideas and having to find my way out.
I realized that my identity as a novelist was private. Only I knew how much of a novelist I was!
The idea of a talent that was bigger than an artist's ability to choose to use it, that would dictate the artist's life more than the artist could dictate, was interesting to me.
Every now and then, you find a book that feels like it was keyed to your DNA.
PhD, MFA, self-taught—the only things you must have to become a writer are the stamina to continue and a wily, cagey heart in the face of extremity, failure, and success.
Writers aren't born, they're made - from practice, reading, and a lot of caffeine.
Understand that wisdom is higher than intellect and discretion is higher than debating.
Every now and then, I have blissful moments of thanking God for all the amazing things that are happening. When I leave the White House after just meeting Obama or when I see my face on the cover of 'Rolling Stone' or when I meet someone who tells me that their daughter is inspired by me, those are moments that are incredibly joyful.
If you won't leave me, I'll find someone who will.
Truth, like the burgeoning of a bulb under the soil, however deeply sown, will make its way to the light.