The sky above the island was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel—which is to say it was a bright, cheery blue.

Illusion"A man wants to be freeflying in the emptiness of the universeHe thinks he means somethingin the endlessness of natureA man wakes upbeing only a dust

I don't ever feel like the cool kid at the party, ever. It's like, 'Smile and be nice to everybody, because you were not invited to be here.'

You need strategies that help rule things out. That's the opposite of saying, "This is what my gut is telling me; let me gather information to confirm it."

If you won't believe in yourself, who will?

These two rules make the best system: first, have something to say; second, say it.

The Christian faith is a grand cathedral with divinely pictured windows.

She smells better," Claire said. "And she made me cookies.

If I wanted to lie, or if we wanted to lie, if we wanted to exaggerate, I wouldn't use my daughter to do so. I could easily buy other people to do it.

What I realized was how difficult an hour show is and how miserable you can be if you're not happy doing it.

People power. It has no limits.