Denise

“A writer flirts with schizophrenia, nurtures synesthesia, and embraces obsessive-compulsive disorder. Your art feeds on you, your soul, and, yes, to a degree, your sanity. Writing novels worth reading will bugger up your mind, jeopardize your relationships, and distend your life. You have been warned.”
― David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks

“He says presents aren't important, but I think they are - not because of how much they cost, but for the opportunity they provide to say I understand you.”
― David Levithan, My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories

“That would have been the worst kind of violation, to read you words uninvited.”
― David Levithan, Every You, Every Me

“You can maintain power over people, as long as you give them something. Rob a man of everything, and that man will no longer be in your power.”
― David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas