It suddenly struck me that Dawsey is a lonesome person. I think it may be that he has always been lonely, but he didn't mind before, and now he minds.

I have an idea for a new book. It's a novel about a beautiful yet sensitive author whose spirit is crushed by her domineering editor. Do you like it?

There seems to be no hope. But pretending to be hopeful is the only grace we have . . .

If you can put this book down, it means you need more coffee and less sleep. After all, sleep is for the weak which is why I get 8 hours every night and 2 hours during the day and drink de-cafe.

Every negative effect needs a positive cure (solution)

I have loved you from the moment I heard your voice. Thank you for coming here, and being my Christmas miracle.

To venture upon an undertaking of any kind, even the most insignificant, is to sacrifice to envy.

French people are Italian people in a bad mood.

My grand point in preaching is to break the hard heart, and to heal the broken one.

True ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, but the refusal to acquire it.

I have a wife, I have sons: all of them hostages given to fate.

If you come into success too soon, you'll burn out and be finished before you know it. If you let the maturation process happen naturally, you'll be happier with yourself in the end.