David Cristofanos debut novel captures the essence of the human spirit, and delivers a story that is simultaneously heartwarming and heartbreaking.

I can only imagine the quiet horror that people must endure when they meet me in person.

For writers, so much is done in isolation. It can be easy to feel detached, or to get a little lost along the way.

I can think of plenty of writers whose work I revere and whose lives I know little about.

To do my job well, I have to be a good listener. The listening is so much more important than the talking.

The modern media environment is so overrun with bullshit and static and people trying to sell you stupid crap. It makes you want to bite yourself.

People love honesty. Honesty is medicinal, I think. It makes people feel less lonely in the world.

I'm a radio nerd. I've loved radio since I was a kid. I'm a huge Howard Stern fan.

Once I get my writing done, then I can turn my attention elsewhere - and not the other way around. The writing has to be the foundation.

I have way too much going on, as usual, but fortunately it's all good stuff. I'm not complaining.

Success is a product of inspiration, and if you can keep yourself inspired you can achieve any dream or goal

It is difficult to trust someone not raised to doctrine.

Knowing that you want to die makes you less scared.

All neurotics seek the religious

Anything that is worth pursuing is going to require us to suffer, just a little bit.

Between the daylight gambler and the player at night there is the same difference that lies between a careless husband and the lover swooning under his lady's window.

Get me a gun. If I don't go into labor soon, I'm going to shoot myself. And pass the gravy. Pass it now." Valerie - To the Nines

My heart, far too sensitivefor this human world.My heart, so easily wounded, sheds rose tears of compassion.

There is still a lot of hard work that we as a country need to do. They can't look to any one individual, whether it's Barack or it's the next new hope that's going to appear to be that savior.

This is the ultimate end of man, to find the One which is in him; which is his truth, which is his soul; the key with which he opens the gate of the spiritual life, the heavenly kingdom.