Fear is a scavenger who feeds on the future; on what may be and what is possible, extending down the line of our lives.

Engrave this in your brain: EVERY WRITER GETS REJECTED. You will be no different.

If you want me to treat your ideas with more respect, get some better ideas.

I am not responsible for actions of the imaginary version of me you have inside your head.

I didn't mind getting old when I was young. It's the being old now that's getting to me.

Part of what makes us human is what we mean to other people, and what people mean to us.

I thought I saw him once, but it turned out to be a yeti

There's a difference between the fact that the universe is inherently unfair on a cosmic level, and the fact that life is unfair because people are actively making it so.

When you're a teenager and you're in love, it's obvious to everyone but you and the person you're in love with.

Christianity is a fine religion and I wish more Christians practiced it.

Don’t discount that part of who he was just because you didn’t know it. None of us are all of who we are to any one person.

I knew revenge like the ghost of an old friend." ~ #1001

I turn away from the smell of death, pressing my lavender scented handkerchief as tight as I can against my nose.

No woman ever hates a man for being in love with her, but many a woman hate a man for being a friend to her.

My experience is the White House is not a very good place to coordinate intelligence, much less to integrate it.

I started doing yoga.

I know it sounds crazy, but I have had far more connection with my parents after their deaths.

I love you,too, Garrett. But sometimes love isn't enough.

I can’t think of a more philosophical time in a person’s life than when they are children. It’s the one time when ideas are really beautiful and amazing and all-encompassing. They are life.

(To the haters)You are not extinguishing the bright lights of mankind, your're simply burying yourself in an unmarked grave.