I don't see the point of pretending we're clones.

I don't really get romance. Bring me fish or moose, not flowers.

Once your writing is out there, you can't control how other people perceive it. All you can do is stand in your truth.

I was born on the same day as Edgar Allan Poe and Dolly Parton: January 19. I am absolutely certain that this affects my writing in some way.

Autumn. Pretty leaves, pumpkin pie and sweaters. Perfect weather for reading. Winter is great but I hate shoveling.

I think we learn slowly as a group, but we learn. The ozone layer is still there.

I find myself moved by social justice issues. I'm not sure where that will lead me. I'm willing to nurture it.

We can be the new brand of self-extincting dinosaurs or we can evolve.

Our ability to turn off empathy for specific kinds of humans and then use faulty logic to justify our beliefs is messily sociopathic.

I don't think anyone's normal.

In general, I'm careful when I'm dealing with subjects of deep cultural importance and write with abandon when I'm dealing with issues of personal dysfunction.

You will realize one day that all the money in the world cannot buy you happiness. Nor can it make you a person of good character.

Life becomes pleasurable when you are moving in the direction of your calling

Never define yourself in terms of how you are negatively affected by others.

I can smell bullshit from a mile away but it's so much harder to detect when it's around you all day.

The more things that can bring you joy in life, the better

...foreign policy is a matter of costs and benefits, not theology.

Without picking out anyone in particular. I thought Mark Wright was tremendous.

Foolish. Stupid. I knew it. I knew my reaction was unreasonable, bu the heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing. Blaise Pascal said that, and I've always found it to be true.

I am busy with my work. My path is clear.

Kindness begets kindness evermore.