Actually there were only two forms of existence, I reflected: one that was tied to a place and one that wasn't. Both had always existed. Neither could be chosen.

Writing isn't black magic. You just have to come up with an idea...

Go somewhere you know nothing about and see what happens.

Writing was a defeat, it was a humiliation, it was coming face-to-face with yourself and seeing you weren't good enough.

Love I find is like singing. Everybody can do enough to satisfy themselves though it may not impress the neighbors as being very much.

Freedom rings where opinions clash.

It often looks like an actor's had a big break out of nowhere, but in reality, they've been working their way up, little by little, for a while.

The impossible I do immediately, miracles take a little longer

The thing about real life is that important events don't announce themselves... Usually something that is going to change your whole life is a memory before you can stop and be impressed about it.

Everything is your fault. You made me fall in love with you, and now I'm so upset I can't think or sleep or eat.

I refresh Twitter as thoughtlessly as some twirl their hair.

In an odd way, my parents were proud of me. When they saw me do stand-up, I'd see them looking around the room and watch them taking in the people laughing. On some level, that comforted them.

Ignore past failures and forge ahead.

Whenever cannibals are on the brink of starvation, Heaven, in its infinite mercy, sends them a fat missionary.