Weather forecast for tonight: dark. Continued dark overnight, with widely scattered light by morning.

Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?

I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they get older; then it dawned on me . . they’re cramming for their final exam.

I thought about how mothers feed their babies with tiny little spoons and forks so I wondered, what do Chinese mothers use? Toothpicks?

Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.

Some people have no idea what they're doing, and a lot of them are really good at it.

All the media and the politicians ever talk about is things that separate us, things that make us different from one another

Don’t just teach your children to read… Teach them to question what they read. Teach them to question everything.

In America, anyone can become president. That's the problem.

Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.

There is a planet named Pluto, but we don't have one named Goofy. Goofy would be a good name for this planet. It certainly qualifies.

But I'm not dead, " Blue pointed out."BUT YOU ARE PRETTY SHORT.

He laid his head on Reid's shoulder and shut his eyes, buoyed toward sleep by the affectionate comb of fingers through his hair. He could stay just so, and be content for all his days.

I didn't grow up in a Norman Rockwell house... my house was more akin to Norman Lear.

I'm confident, but not so confident that I'm cocky.

I think it’s very important to write a demythologized woman character. My characters are flawed. They are no better than they should be.

Words are a pretty fuzzy substitute for mathematical equations.

A camel makes an elephant feel like a jet plane.

I struggle as a writer, and I'm convinced that if I was at school now, I'd be termed as having ADS. Two minutes and I'm drifting.

I can't speak for other people, but for me, it never really worked to think something like, "What Beatle did she like in high school?" or those kinds of elaborate backstories.

But hearing oftentimes The still, sad music of humanity.