Although I love snow, it messes things up terribly around Seattle, with all of our hills. I worry about my loved ones driving.

Marriage is like a well-built porch. If one of the two posts leans too much, the porch collapses. So each must be strong enough to stand on its own.

...wanting things for the wrong reasons can turn anyone's life into a marshmallow on a stick over a hot fire: impossibly messy and eventually consumed, one way or another.

That's what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when you're not so lovable.

The loneliness you feel with another person, the wrong person, is the loneliest of all.

You've got to say what you mean and mean what you say...Doubt in your voice is an open door people will shove right through.

You've got to have someone who loves your body. Who doesn't define you, but sees you. Who loves what he sees. Who you don't have to struggle to be good enough for.

We don't want you convicted for condiment theft. You go to that prison, you'll meet big-time operators. Maple syrup stealers.

We can get so wrapped up in our own misconceptions that we miss the simple beauty of the truth.

It was one of those times you feel a sense of loss, even though you didn't have something in the first place. I guess that's what disappointment is- a sense of loss for something you never had.

If time heals all wounds, and a book can hold a person's entire life, then you can speed up the process with a pulp time warp.

We have it in our power to begin the world over again.

Life was such a precious thing, easily broken.

The position I took at the time was that we hadn't really examined any of the potential environmental consequences of introducing genetically modified organisms.

I'd rather have happiness than money.

You should never give up your inner self.

If you are working from your inbox, you are working on other people’s priorities.

Brothers McMullen' would not be picked up for theatrical distribution now.

"What's the latest dope on Wall Street?" "My son!"

The popular will cannot be taken for granted, it must be created.

I don't like when people dress intentionally ugly. Personally that's not my thing.