I was always a big reader, even when everything was bad and miserable.

Some people were born just so they could be buried.

If a person does this for just a couple of years and discovers that it just isn't for him, that's okay. At least he can move on knowing that he gave it his best shot.

Look, girls don't care how many push-ups you can do. They just want to get high and wear flowers in their hair. Maybe steal a car.

The Oxys filled holes in me I hadn't realized were empty. It was, at least for those first few months, a wonderful way to be disabled. I felt blessed.

I'm beginning to believe that anything I do to extend my life is just going to be outweighed by the agony of living it.

Though there are still many good people out there in the world, it seems that they're vastly outnumbered by the stupid, selfish, violent ones.

I spent thirty-two years in a paper mill in southern Ohio, and before that I worked in a meatpacking plant and a shoe factory.

A lot of people get the wrong impression, think there's something romantic or tragic about hitting bottom.

When I turned fifty, I decided to quit the mill and go to graduate school.

I sort of like writing about weird characters, I guess.

I took a heavenly ride through our silenceI knew the moment had arrivedFor killing the past and coming back to life".

God and the Angels can and want to assist you with all aspects of your life. Your happiness and life is their primary mission.

How hard can writing be? After all, most of the words are going to be 'and, ' 'the, ' and 'I, ' and 'it, ' and so on, and there's a huge number to choose from, so a lot of the work has been done for you.

Get at least 8 hours of beauty sleep. 9 if you're ugly.

We didn't have television in those days, and many people didn't even have radios. My mother would read aloud to my father and me in the evening.

As a business you should probably be examining, hey, is this the type of message we want to send?

A girl never cares who casts the first stone at her -- as long as it's a diamond

I was an outsider, never quite part of what was going on, always looking in. It turned out to be great preparation for writing fiction.

Where is your bliss station? You have to try to find it.

You learn so much from your parents. We grew up in a home where we were definitely taught to be confident. I definitely give me parents a lot of credit.