"I'm a very happy man. I wake up every morning and I'm excited to be alive."

"We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out."

"My life has been a miracle. I'm a boy who never went to college, who never went to high school. I'm a boy who went to the library."

"I think the most important thing in life is to be curious. To ask questions. To never stop learning."

"I don't write for money. I write for love. I write because I can't stop."