No one knows what’s going on in another person’s mind, or in their heart.”
jjochocohas quoted4 years ago
when you can’t figure something out in the plot of your book, go to bed, and let your subconscious pick at it.
jjochocohas quoted4 years ago
, no. It’s my fucking mess and I need to fix it myself.
jjochocohas quoted4 years ago
“If I had reasons to love you, then there’d be reasons for me to not love you.”
jjochocohas quoted4 years ago
I do not have a critical mind for poems, but I react to them.
jjochocohas quoted4 years ago
But books don’t just take you back to the time in which they were written; they can take you back to different versions of yourself.
jjochocohas quoted4 years ago
Books are time travel. True readers all know this.
jjochocohas quoted4 years ago
Strangers on a Train (1950)
jjochocohas quoted4 years ago
“Any time you try a decent crime, you got fifty ways you’re gonna fuck up. If you think of twenty-five of them, then you’re a genius . . . and you ain’t no genius.”