Cinta tidak lembut, seperti yang dikatakan penyair. Cinta memiliki gigi yang menggigit dan luka yang tidak pernah menutup.
Aku tidak mau kamu minta maaf karena kekayaan; aku mau kamu mengakui bahwa di Amerika, kita harus menghadapi masalah kita sendiri.
People think that I must be a very strange person. This is not correct. I have the heart of a small boy. It is in a glass jar on my desk.
He had a massive stroke. He died with his tie on. Do you think that could be our generation's equivalent of that old saying about dying with your boots on?
Membaca adalah pusat kreatif kehidupan seorang penulis. Aku membawa buku ke mana pun aku pergi dan menemukan peluang untuk menenggelamkan diri dalam bacaan.
But I think there are a set of experiences that turn a potential writer into a working writer, and then there are places in your life were you start to recognize what you want to do.
I've always believed in God. I also think that's the sort of thing that either comes as part of the equipment, the capacity to believe, or at some point in your life, when you're in a position where you actually need help from a power greater than yourself, you simply make an agreement.
Kalau engkau ingin menjadi penulis, ada dua hal yang harus kau lakukan, banyak membaca dan menulis. Setahuku, tidak ada jalan lain selain dua hal ini. Dan tidak ada jalan pintas.
Memiliki imajinasi saja tidaklah cukup. Anda harus dapat benar-benar masuk menembus ke dalamnya, merasai seluruh isinya.
I recognize terror as the finest emotion and so I will try to terrorize the reader. But if I find that I cannot terrify, I will try to horrify, and if I find that I cannot horrify, I'll go for the gross-out. I'm not proud.