Not being funny doesn't make you a bad person. Not having a sense of humor does.

Well into adulthood, writing has never gotten easier. It still only ever begins badly, and there are no guarantees that this is not the day when the jig is finally up.

Altruism is innate, but it's not instinctual. Everybody's wired for it, but a switch has to be flipped.

Being a stranger was like being dead, and brought to mind how, in a book he had read that most folks misunderstood one common state: The flip side of love is indifference, not hate.

We’re creatures of contact regardless of whether/ we kiss or we wound. Still, we must come together.

There is nothing so cleansing or reassuring as a vicarious sadness.

Youth is not wasted on the young, it is perpetrated on the young.

Central to living a life that is good, is a life that's forgiving.

I am neither spontaneous nor ready for anything.

I have managed to establish an identity that is based on my internal self, and for that I feel tremendously lucky.

Just think, the shoes I wouldn’t be caught dead in might actually turn out to be the shoes I am caught dead in.

If during the day, a person did not do anything about his purpose and calling, he did nothing at all

I was a lazy reader as a kid. One nutrition label on a box of Cap’n Crunch and I’d have to take a nap.

Success is a public affair. Failure is a private funeral.

Today's leading real-world retailer, Wal-Mart, uses software to power its logistics and distribution capabilities, which it has used to crush its competition.

When the black and mortal blood of man has fallen to the ground ... who then can sing spells to call it back again?

Creativity is a compilation of things we've seen.

Growing up, theres a lot of pressure to be normal. But normal isnt as fun as being yourself.

The secret to creative freedom is letting go of our habitual certainities.

Once, I cut off a man's head, but he did not know it until he tried to brush his hair. Then it fell off.

I hope some day to make you all a cup of coffee. Alright, peace.