I became a physicist to understand the world, then I became a writer to try and change it.

Why does everyone think a guy who prefers love to people is missing something in his life?

I've never yet run out of ideas what to write about... only out of time to write it in.

He said: I don't like to read. And I said, honey, you haven't found the right girl.

Next to motherhood, I personally believe that being an author is the best job in the world.

Writing is supposed to be difficult, agonizing, a dreadful exercise, a terrible occupation.

Life baffles me most days. Maybe that's why I write. To try and make sense of it all.

Being blind is the worst possible thing and asking me to read and write no more is torture.

Sometimes you have to go a little crazy before you can find sanity. I think I'm close.

...you are a writer the moment you start writing, not when you've sold your first book.

Forget how long the path to finishing your story. Address only what you have to write today.

Literature is the ditch I'm going to die in. It's still the thing I care most about.

They say everything that can be written has been written. I say we are just getting started.

Writing is like a religion to those who don't practise, an act of faith for those who do.

Writing is a miserable, awful business. Stay with it. It is better than anything in the world