The novelist is the person who spends a lot of his or her day thinking about the human drama and emotional complexity.

Artists see the world in a very different way than everyone else, and it's important when the artist points a lens at the law.

All calls for justice require that victims feel avenged, and revenge is never just if it’s disproportionate.

It is the stupid and the ugly who have the best of it in this world

The worst injury is feeling you don't belong so much / to you.

Stop running after the waves. Let the sea come to you.

How much can come And much can go, And yet abide the world!

People are looking for stability in a shaky world. They want something they can get hold of that's firm and sure and an anchor in the midst of all of this instability in which they're living.

I wish I could take what I'm feeling right now and put it in the water system, and we would all love each other.

It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities.

Junk food, empty calories and carbs are the Big Data of the masses

Pity is the feeling of well-intentioned people who are unable to act.

As an American, I'd like to apologize - for everything.