I wanted to be a veterinarian, but slipped up when I hit organic chemistry.

Just because you have stopped sinking doesn't mean you're not still underwater.

We can only die in the future, I thought; right now we are always alive.

Sometimes a flat-footed sentence is what serves, so you don't get all writerly: 'He opened the door.' There, it's open.

They say the smart dog obeys but the smarter dog knows when to disobey.

Good leaders being scarce, following yourself is allowed.

Wear your heart on the page, and people will read to find out how you solved being alive.

In my head there's a broken balcony I fall off of when I speak.

if it's true your life flashes past your eyes before you die, then it is also the truth that your life rushes forth when you are ready to start to truly be alive.

I sleep with a glass of water on the nightstand so I can see by its level if the coastal earth is trembling or if the shaking is still me.

I want to know everything about you, so I tell you everything about myself.

A wide-angle view of sails sparkling white against a cobalt sky as light dances, silver on the water. Like art, it soothes the edge, allowing you to see something simple from a different perspective.

I wanted to be a politician and a movie star. But I was born a writer. If you're born that, you can't change it. You're going to do it whether you want to or not.

Not to get all Zen on you, but maybe you should love yourself more.

OrPhAnS, are the one who has no parents, But have many parents.But having ones parents is more valuable than the other having many parents(it doesn't depend on numbers, but the feelings matters).

It feels a lot colder when you're shoveling snow than when you're building a snow fort.

Bad facts make bad law, and people who write bad laws are in my opinion more dangerous than songwriters who celebrate sexuality.

Not to speak for Jason [Benjamin], but he's a straight married dude with two kids.

Help me by whatever you are pleased to do in your provinces.

my boyfriend is a rock god baby (and not kiss-of-death(sorry))

The rain of matter upon sense Destroys me momently. The score: There comes what will come.