It is a common enough mid-career urge: having taken care of life's immediate needs, some of us yearn to chase villains, right wrongs, fight on the side of the angels.

Every time you find your attention captured by a poster, your awareness, and perhaps something more, has, if only for a moment, been appropriated without your consent.

Practicing gratitude in the moment of frustration can really be a game changer.

Like a white knight in a station wagon, he drove out of her life.

Trying to figure out God is like trying to catch a fish in the Pacific Ocean with an inch of dental floss.

Does it help?” he asks. “The e-mailing.”She nods. “A tiny bit. It’s strange. You’re writing a letter to someone who’s never going to read it, so it kind of frees you up a bit.

In my work theres always been a duality between sticking to reality and trying to stage things.

I set out to work hard, not to get rich.

I just want to note that 43 million young people in debt is enough to win a three-way Presidential race.

After a theatre run, it took me a long time to start drinking again during the day.

I write to create red in a world that often appears black and white.

A witty saying proves nothing, but saying something pointless gets people's attention.