Sometimes I long to forget… It is painful to be conscious of two worlds.

The more words I have, the more distinct, precise my perceptions become--and such lucidity is a form of joy.

I know that language will be a crucial instrument, that I can overcome the stigma of my marginality, the weight of presumption against me, only if the reassuringly right sounds come out of my mouth.

When you leave a port, ask yourself two questions: What mark you have made on that port and what have you learned from that port?

If we have received a precious gift from God, it is our imagination. When we tap into our powers of imagination, we are bombs of possibilities.

I wanted to say something about the universe. There's God angels plants... and horseshit.

It's one thing to make financial aid available to students so they can attend college. It's another thing to design forms that students can actually fill out.

I've always just had troubles with my family because I'm psychotic. It had nothing to do with that.

Have you not seen that in our days Of any whose story, song or art Delights us, our sincerest praise Means, when all's said, 'You break my heart?

I quit piano and violin because it felt too rigid. It was just my thing, something I fell in love with from a very early age.

I've been a writer since I was 16. I didn't get published until I was 24. I know that sounds crazy.

When my cats aren't happy, I'm not happy. Not because I care about their mood but because I know they're just sitting there thinking up ways to get even.

Winter is not a season in the North Middlewest; it is an industry.