Writing For Me Is Largely About Rewriting.

Human Behavior Is Messy And Unpredictable And Unconcerned With Convenient Symmetries.

It's Wrong To Hurt Even Bad People. Because They Don't Know Any Better, And Because Bad People Sometimes Become Good.

Perspective [is] A Luxury When Your Head [is] Constantly Buzzing With A Swarm Of Demons.

For A Novelist, It's Kind Of An Onerous Burden To Represent An Entire Culture.

There Is A God, There Always Has Been. I See Him Here, In The Eyes Of The People In This [hospital] Corridor Of Desperation. This Is The Real House Of God, This Is Where Those Who Have Lost God Will Find Him... There Is A God, There Has To Be, And Now I Will Pray, I Will Pray That He Will Forgive That I Have Neglected Him All Of These Years, Forgive That I Have Betrayed, Lied, And Sinned With Impunity Only To Turn To Him Now In My Hour Of Need. I Pray That He Is As Merciful, Benevolent, And Gracious As His Book Says He Is.