I like doing the readings and the autographing, but the interviewing gets a little tedious because you get asked the same questions every day and sometimes three or four times a day.

I'm the only one who can stop me.. I'm the one who's been sitting at the stoplight all these years, waiting for the light to turn green.

Writing is my shelter. I don't hide behind the words; I use them to dig inside my heart to find the truth.

If you jump to conclusions, you make terrible landings.

Pay attention to the things that agitate you. It will tell you a lot about yourself.

It's amazing how we can make ourselves believe what we want to.

People like to run their mouths.

Writing is the only place I can be myself and not feel judged.

Few writers are willing to admit writing is autobiographical.

As a writer, you get to bring attention to something without preaching. I don't believe in being didactic. So if you dramatize something, you automatically bring attention to it if people read it.

I'm more interested in interpersonal relationships - between lovers families, siblings. That's why I write about how we treat each other.

Our thoughts of literary renaissance should always center themselves on the removal of superstition, meanness, indignity and ignorance.

I didn’t think it was possible — but this situation has managed to get worse.” “But you’re so calm, ” she observed.“That’s usually when you can tell everything has gone to shit.

Life is a horizontal fall.

The only achievement I am really proud of is the friends I have made in this community.

DNA was my only gold rush. I regarded DNA as worth a gold rush.

Seeing comes before words. The child looks and recognizes before it can speak.

Whomever speaks first gives up some power.

I'm only lonely when I'm driving in my car. I'm only lonely after dark. I'm only lonely when I watch my TV. I'm only lonely occasionally.

I'm so much more confident and sexy at thirty-eight than I ever was when I was eighteen or twenty-four.

I'm satisfied with the way 'The Room' turned out, and I don't want to change anything.