(N)ot writing was hard work, almost as hard as writing.

Nothing was truly unbearable if you had something to read.

Just start the sentence...and see what happens. This is how we write.

Arithmetic is the death of story.

...(W)here there's drama, there's crap.

All plots are cliche.

(T)hey were at ease with each other, which was essential to a productive workshop.

Carla was wearing a No Fear sweatshirt. You are too old, Amy wanted to tell her, for legible clothing.

Many lies lie between one truth.

A mind without freedom, a life without liberty, is like a heart without love, a journey without a destination.

And these are the sametype of people who killthe innocent andjustify it by saying“They’ve gone to bewith Jesus now”But we won’t talkabout how theycrucified Him, too

When sorrow knocks at your door, tell it you're busy finding happiness.

If you throw your grain into the sea it will come back to you

I said I was impressed, Martha. I'm beside myself with jealousy. What do you want me to do, throw up?

[John Lewis] really created something that - that he didn't need to

My dad's dying wish was to have his family around him. I can't help thinking he would have been better off with more oxygen.

I have a simple algorithm, which is, wherever you see paid researchers instead of grad students, that's not where you want to be doing research.

Even worthwhile endeavors need evaluation in order to determine if they have become distractions from the best goals.