I have a lot of empathy for women who fit their writing into the crevices of their too-busy lives, as I once did.

Time constricts and flattens, you know. It's not evenly weighted. Certain moments linger in the mind and others disappear.

So is it just human nature to believe that things happen for a reason - to find some shred of meaning even in the worst experiences?

It's human nature to want to think the best of others, but if you listen carefully, people will always tell you who they are.

You got to learn to take what people are willing to give.

And so it is that you learn how to pass, if you're lucky, to look like everyone else, even though you're broken inside.

I like the assumption that everyone is trying his best, and we should all just be kind to each other.

One of the wonderful things about being a writer is that you're constantly dredging up some arcane knowledge or long-forgotten experience, rediscovering old passions and interests.

I've come to think that's what heaven is- a place in the memory of others where our best selves live on.

I never want to feel constrained by writing a novel for a specific audience.

People have to snatch at happiness when they can, in this world. It is always easier to lose than to find...

I live a normal life.

Faith is not believing that God can, but that God will.

Education made us what we are.

I don't make decisions based on money.

The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.

You're late." "Sorry. I was busy talking about my feelings and killing people.

It's the "Success Paradox." When a set of behaviors has gotten you somewhere, you keep doing them even though the circumstances have changed.

In some of the best worship songs we bring our praises to God - yet at the same time also end up preaching to ourselves.

If you're building a social product, you're still living in the last century if your product doesn't work on Facebook.

In the long dusks of summer we walked the suburban streets through scents of maple and cut grass, waiting for something to happen.