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

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

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

say positive stay positive

Here is the fate of the man: To appear and to disappear!

Being under pressure is great, if it's all in the right place.

If a statement is untrue, it is not the more respectable because it has been said in Latin.

Every cannabis user is a medical patient whether they know it or not

One of the most radical things women can do is to love their body.

The white man has created a devil, to bring chaos upon this earth.

I'm not going to talk about my private life with a total stranger, unless I feel like I need to. Why would I? I don't.

I love my home, just playing games and just sleeping. No matter where you go, nothing is better than sleeping.

“If I had been on 'Bowling for Dollars,' I'd wind up owing them money.”