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“Good books tell the truth, even when they're about things that never have been and never will be. They're truthful in a different way”
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“Misfortune is never mournful to the soul that accepts it; for such do always see that every cloud is an angel's face.”
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“Life's extremities can bring God's proximity.”
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“In our culture, we have smart people and then we have the hot people. And the hot people have all the sex, and the smart people don't.”
Source : "NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIBE CURRENT ISSUE PREVIOUS POSTS The Pressure Cooker as Transcendence". The Believer interview, logger.believermag.com. January 15, 2014.
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“My husband thinks he's compromising if we have one cook instead of three.”
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“No foreign sky protected me, no stranger's wing shielded my face. I stand as witness to the common lot survivor of that time, that place.”
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“If every American donated five hours a week, it would equal the labor of twenty million full-time volunteers.”
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“I think my immediate reaction was, "I'm so tired. I need a little more time." But, it was very quickly followed up by excitement. It's very flattering, and it's a wonderful vote of confidence. We dream of getting to do what we do.”
Source : Source: collider.com
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“Murder and capital punishment are not opposites that cancel one another, but similars that breed their kind. It is the deed that teaches not the name we give it.”
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“You will never work through writer's block if you walk away from your typewriter. That will only make it easier to walk away the next time.”
Source : James N. Frey (2010). “How to Write a Damn Good Novel: A Step-by-Step No Nonsense Guide to Dramatic Storytelling”, p.168, St. Martin's Press