Life is a big story. Music is just one way to tell it, to realize how many tales all kinds of people share.

The dusty library air is electric with secrets/ almost palpable in the thick quiet that bounces between/ Cal and those books and me

Like the best convenience store in the world, / the mind is always open.

Nothing says you care like sending someone a kitten.

Artists are dishonest creatures really. They foist their version of reality upon us while making it all up. Writers, painters, musicians, auteurs—they’re all the same.

Big, ugly homes for big, ugly people, ' I told Margo as we pulled into Casavilla.'No shit. If I ever end up being the kind of person who has one kid and seven bedrooms, do me a favor and shoot me.

I'm a lot less serious than people think.

In the long run no individual prospers beyond the measure of his faith.

Even though I am in this weird position of being a semi-recognizable screenwriter, which isn't that common, at the same time, I'm not an actress. I'm pretty isolated.

You cannot get to where you are going until you have learned all there is to learn about where you are.

Thank you... motion sensor hand towel machine. You never work, so I just end up looking like I'm waving hello to a wall robot.

Government is to point you in the right direction, and not to do everything for you.