My job as the novelist is to present the whole case, then the reader gets to render her verdict.

No matter what we've done, no matter the disappointments and sullied blunders, today is the opportunity to do right by ourselves.

We have today and hopefully tomorrow to be the best version of ourselves.

My tunnel vision allows me to have a longer work day than most writers. I'm thankful for that.

I always feel that as the author, once I know what a character is ashamed of, then I can go about making her truthful on the page.

I'm a semi-failed writer, but I'm a capital-F Failed musician.

I just thought it was important that people knew right from the jump that I've got problems. But in all seriousness, that's a huge part of my writing process.

Today is going to be free of the past. Today, the past can't hurt me.

In my life the right question is simply this: What can I do to be happy today?

Self-respect doesn't come naturally to me. I need to constantly remind myself and do the work to err on the side of self-respect, rather than self-punishment.

I struggle with staying clean every day, and what really keeps me from doing something stupid is my daughter.

Keep your hopes high.

You are what you inhabit.

You cannot give up. We are Gargoyle, and we are strong.

Rich folk don't try so hard

If you don't want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today.

It is not in novelty but in habit that we find the greatest pleasure.

My mother was the source from which I derived the guiding principles of my life.

Bring love into your home, for this is where our love for each other must start

Asking the public health community to investigate the role of vaccines in the development of autism is like asking the tobacco industry to investigate the link between lung cancer and smoking.

They might object to some of my opinions, but they don't object to my behavior as a judge.