For me, books have always been a way to feel less alone while being alone.

I drink coffee. Without coffee, I probably couldnt write.

People don't expect too much from literature. They just want to know they're not alone with being confused.

I am part of a vast generation of people who perpetually live as if they just graduated from college.

I need to stay in the present and use that new-age mantra: 'I'm okay right now.' But I worry about all the things I'm failing at every moment.

I've always been intrigued by Stockholm Syndrome. Reminds me of my childhood.

Having a show get canceled is like, 'Oh, you have caviar between your teeth,' you know what I mean? Because you had a show in the first place.

Something has happened where you almost never grow up in America. Maybe it's the greater wealth.

I don't really recognise success. I don't see myself as on an upwardly mobile trajectory. I see myself as on the edge of a cliff about to fall off.

Oh, God, I don't know what's more difficult, life or the English language.

I am always the source of the worst rumors about myself.

The most powerful relationship you will ever have is the relationship with yourself.

The dead can survive as part of the lives of those that still live.

You're a Scott, " the Dark said, his lips peeled back in displeasure, as if just saying the word was revolting."And you're Irish. I'm so glad we got that settled.

Whether you're eighteen or sixty, in a certain way, whatever you know is valid.

It's always been said that when I can't find a way to do anything, I will find a way to do it.

It was easier to deal with poverty and death in India that the lack of spirituality in America.

A brush with death always helps us to live our lives better.

Whatever creature comes to you, human or otherwise, treat it with consideration.

If you don't put out a shirt for eight months, that doesn't mean it took you eight months to make the shirt.

We love playing music but were too weird to play music.