Aloneeverything changes.Some might call it distorted realitybut it's exactly the place I need to be.

I wanted to meet the monster. Why go down if you can go up?

Have you ever had so many thoughts churning inside that you didn’t dare let them escape, in case they blew you wide open

Have you ever had so many thoughts churning inside that you didn't dare let them escape, in case they blew you wide open?

Funny thing about the monster.The worse he treats you, the more you love him.

We kissed for aboutthe thousandth time, No promises, no demands, Just solid rebuildingof shattered trust.

Taking no chances means wasting your dreams..

You have the power to choose compassion in each moment.

I feel better about my life every day. My kids get older. My life is very rich and full of wonderful things. I've been very lucky, careerwise.

I've reached the age where competence is a turn-on.

When you're thinking about the rest of your life, you're never really thinking more than a couple years down the road.

I grew up on a farm - it was a lovely life; we'd make tree houses all day - and my parents worked from home.

The herd instinct seems to be the strongest human emotion, one that the race is constantly breeding off as the mavericks are liquidated. Happiness is running with the crowd.

Are you sure you can't dematerialize? Not even a little?" "I'm sure.

John Updike is always fun. And one of my former students, Tom Pynchon. And Harold Bloom, another former student.

I've had a mentality that I can do anything, I've never put limitations on myself