What once were two, are one

I tend to foster drama via bleakness. If I want the reader to feel sympathy for a character, I cleave the character in half, on his birthday. And then it starts raining. And he's made of sugar.

What I regret most in my life are failures of kindness.

What I regret most in my life are failures of kindness. Those moments when another human being was there, in front of me, suffering, and I responded . . . sensibly. Reservedly. Mildly.

Do those things that incline you toward the big questions, and avoid the things that would reduce you and make you trivial.

Developing our sympathetic compassion is not only possible but the only reason for us to be here on earth.

According to me, your life is going to be a gradual process of becoming kinder and more loving. Hurry up. Speed it along. Start right now.

It's a big world, and I really like it.

Character is that sum total of moments we can't explain.

The generalizing writer is like the passionate drunk, stumbling into your house mumbling: I know I'm not being clear, exactly, but don't you kind of feel what I'm feeling?

Kindness, it turns out, is hard - it starts out all rainbows and puppy dogs, and expands to include . . . well, EVERYTHING.

Love cannot be contained, love is destined to transcend and change.

A bad attitude from a chronic complaining employee is like a cancer

The suburbs are incredibly oppressive. I actually believe that the suburbs are much more dangerous than the ghettos.

AC/DC has lived the dumbness that the Ramones have only faked all these years.

I can tell you that today 99% of my investments are in Brazil and will remain here.

If your heart is open it can never stay broken.

And that is all anyone can do, try to be honest about what he feels, what he's seen or thinks he's seen.

You never do any good being put on the defensive and staying there.

The possible has been tried and failed. Now it's time to try the impossible.

I think it's a human tendency that's been around for a while to try to be as good as possible to prove your worth.