Were you planning to jump off?"“Not on pizza day. Never on pizza day, which is one of the better days of the week.” I should mention that I am a brilliant deflector.

I do my best thinking at night when everyone else is sleeping. No interruptions. No noise. I like the feeling of being awake when no one else is.

The problem with people is they forget that most of the time it's the small things that count.

People rarely bring flowers to a suicide.

The future is uncertain, but that can be a good thing.

I run until time stops. Until my mind stops.

For a minute, I can feel it: the sense of peace as my mind goes quiet, like I'm already dead. I am weightless and free. Nothing and no one to fear, not even myself.

She waves her arms at the world. "It's all just time filler until we die.

Angry at him for leaving without a word, angry at myself for being so easy to leave and for not being enough to make him want to stick around.

I love the thrill of impending, weightless doom...

Since I stopped writing, I read more than ever. Other people's words, not my own--my words are gone.

No hour is ever eternity, but it has its right to weep.

It’s never lost on me that it was the religious who Jesus had to challenge not to throw stones.

Reflect that in reality you have a greater need to serve [the poor] than they have of your service.

Marriage isn't a 50-50 proposition very often. It's more like 100-0 one moment and 0-100 the next.

For me, I was somebody who was a smart young guy who didn't do very well in school. The basic system of education, I didn't fit in; my intelligence was elsewhere.

All I wanted was to be involved in politics and government.

Life is a daring adventure or nothing.

I grew up in a little cul-de-sac in the suburbs and went to public school. I went to Costco on the weekends.

I pray daily for wisdom on how to serve my kids without words.

It's a give and take relationship with my fans. They give me love and adoration, and I take it from them.