Guilt is petty; I am above guilt.

You mustn’t be so open-minded that your brains fall out.

Addiction isnt about substance - you arent addicted to the substance, you are addicted to the alteration of mood that the substance brings.

There is no such thing as expecting too much.

Writers often write their best when they are feeling their worst

I believe that the memoir is the novel of the 21st century; it’s an amazing form that we haven’t even begun to tap…we’re just getting started figuring out what the rules are.

The actual American childhood is less Norman Rockwell and Walt Disney than Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe.

Dogs are great teachers. They are at home in the world. They live in the moment, and they force us to stay there with them. Dogs love us unconditionally, not for our bodies or bank accounts.

Womens currency is their looks. Like it or not, the most powerful woman is an 18-year-old woman.

Personal experience is the lightning of the soul; it transforms the heart in ways that leave the brain behind.

Death is terrifying because it is so ordinary. It happens all the time.

She liked the way the words sounded. She imagined them floating above her in a comic-strip bubble

Nobody is exempt from the surprises of life!

A loon thought he was Frank Sinatra and every time Frank came on TV or radio the loon would go mad, impostor!

By the grace of God we will never pluck unripe fruit. We will never press people to decision, because we'll lead them to damnation and not salvation.

I told Warren if he mentions Prop. 13 one more time, he has to do 500 push-ups.

The parts I enjoy playing aren't really available to me. So I have to write them.

Life will find a way.

John and I would go and have a couple of quiet beers, just to sit down and chew the fat. And he'd talk about Cynthia and how much he missed her

A miniskirt shows just enough to cause some mystery. What these young women lack is mystery so the old women have to have it.