Mark Z. Danielewski

'Lord of the Rings' was a set of books in which the world had been conceived before the characters were placed within that context.

I'm a big believer in big books, and that doesn't necessarily mean long books.

Anger is one way to respond to fear. I say one way because responses are categorically multiple.

I'm not a morning person: I can't function until I've had a coffee - or several.

We are looking for highly technical, enthusiastic and capable entrepreneurs who have a healthy disregard for the impossible, and that's not always easy to find.

I like to catch fish and release them. I probably haven't killed a fish that I've caught in sport fishing for 20 years. No reason to kill it. You know, just take it and release it.