“Any independent bookstore that has managed to survive is the best plac...” — Ruth Ozeki Quote

“Any independent bookstore that has managed to survive is the best place to do a reading.”

“For me, writing is a way of thinking. I write in a journal a lot. I'm a very impatient person, so writing and meditation allow me to slow down and watch my mind; they are containers that keep me in place, hold me still.”

“It costs so much to make films. With a novel, you can write the whole thing on a ream of paper from Staples for $4.”

“A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking.”

“I had gone to the bookstore, and while I hadn't bought any books on how to write a screenplay, I'd bought a couple of scripts so I could see how the formatting works. I just needed to know how a Hollywood screenplay looked on the page, which was something I was totally unfamiliar with.”

“I didn't know there was a dying-professor section at the bookstore.”