To the champ, everything is serious business. I'm hoping that he'll live long enough to learn that in this world that is a very dangerous attitude.

And in real life endings aren't always neat, whether they're happy endings, or whether they're sad endings.

Oh Christ, he groaned to himself, if this is the stuff adults have to think about I never want to grow up.

His name is Legion. He is the king of nowhere.

... When editors were flattered, they would sometimes give in on some of their mad ideas.

Her support was a constant, one of the few good things I could take as a given. And whenever I see a first novel dedicated to a wife (or a husband), I smile and think, There’s someone who knows.” Writing is a lonely job. Having someone who believes in you makes a lot of difference. They don’t have to make speeches. Just believing is usually enough.