I used to think...that I had to be careful with how much I lived. As if life was a pocketful of coins. You only got so much and you didn't want to spend it all in one place...But now I know that life is the one thing in the world that never runs out. I might run out of mine, and you might run out of yours, but the world will never run out of life. And we're all very lucky to be part of something like that.

Doerr is married with twin sons and lives in Boise Idaho. From 2007–2010 he was considered the 'writer-in-residence' for the state of Idaho. Henry prize stories Volume 2009 Editor Laura Furman Anchor Books 2009 ISBN 9780307280350
"The Caretaker" The Anchor book of new American short stories Editor Ben Marcus Anchor Books 2004 ISBN 978-1-4000-3482-6.

Doerr is married with twin sons and lives in Boise Idaho. He also writes a column on science books for the Boston Globe and is a contributor to The Morning News.