I hope to turn my reader into the quiet person in the corner who, even when no one is telling them anything, sees everything.

Art should make you think and feel. It doesn't have to match your couch.

I'll just stay ten feet away from him at all times so I don't accidentally trip and fall and land lips first on his mouth.

Thou wilt be condemned in to everlasting redemption for this.

Children are born to break their mothers’ hearts, my boy.

You don't choose your friends, they choose you, and you either reject them or you accept them without reservations.

The world appears solid to most people. It is filled with their pain, their desires, their private ecstasies, their expectations. They are that world - nothing glows.

Names are hard. I have a library of What to Name Your Baby books, and I’m always picking up new books, and books of baby names from other countries. I like cool-sounding names.

Ask dumb questions and listen quietly for the answers. That's a wisdom stair climber.

Hope you're keeping the dust out of your eyes and your feet off the ground.

Some good souls found The Candidate cynical. I wonder what they'll think when they read this portrait of the real-life Jerry Brown... This is the book that could force the little fox into the open.

A man can hardly be said to have made a fortune if he does not know how to enjoy it.