Our ability to turn off empathy for specific kinds of humans and then use faulty logic to justify our beliefs is messily sociopathic.

I don't really get romance. Bring me fish or moose, not flowers.

Once your writing is out there, you can't control how other people perceive it. All you can do is stand in your truth.

I was born on the same day as Edgar Allan Poe and Dolly Parton: January 19. I am absolutely certain that this affects my writing in some way.

Autumn. Pretty leaves, pumpkin pie and sweaters. Perfect weather for reading. Winter is great but I hate shoveling.

I think we learn slowly as a group, but we learn. The ozone layer is still there.

I find myself moved by social justice issues. I'm not sure where that will lead me. I'm willing to nurture it.

We can be the new brand of self-extincting dinosaurs or we can evolve.

I don't think anyone's normal.

In general, I'm careful when I'm dealing with subjects of deep cultural importance and write with abandon when I'm dealing with issues of personal dysfunction.

The push and pull of representing your world responsibly and your artistic license is a tricky balance.

It is at the edge of intelligence that wisdom awaits.

If I expect nothing of you, it will be far easier to forgive your offenses than if I place my whole world in your hands.

All other things being equal, greens break to the west.

I didn't notice him coming, but he didn't seem to be looking for an autograph signature

You don't have to wear fur. They make such great fakes. There's no reason to kill an animal.

Whether we are New Dealer, Old Dealer, Liberty Leaguer or Red, whether we agree or not, we still have the right to think and speak how we feel.

Charity is not an act but a way of life, a condition of the heart.

This is that law of the Gospel; whatsoever you require that others should do to you, that do ye to them.

Freedom of press and freedom of speech: What a blessing for a country while in the hands of honest, patriotic men; what a curse if in the hands of designing demagogues.

I never search for a reason why - I have faith in the Lord's purpose.