“Just because things hadn't gone the way I had planned didn't necessarily mean they had gone wrong.”

“I don't know how to write a novel in the world of cellphones. I don't know how to write a novel in the world of Google, in which all factual information is available to all characters. So I...”

“My degree of closeness to my step-siblings varies among the seven, but I have a great sense of loyalty to all of them, especially the four from my childhood. If those people needed my help,...”

“It was not as natural as it appeared. It was more like milking a cow, easy as long as someone else was doing it.”