Wishing for control is like wishing for the rapture.

The villain is the person who knows the most but cares the least.

Art and love are the same thing: It’s the process of seeing yourself in things that are not you.

The essays are very solipsistic and self-absorbed, I'm totally conscious of that. To me, book writing is fun, and I basically just write about things that are entertaining to myself.

Anybody who says they are a good liar obviously is not, because any legitimately savvy liar would always insist they're honest about everything.

Seeing no resolution to my existential recognition of loss, I decide to eat lunch.

First, you must love yourself. And if you do that convincingly enough, others will love you too much.

People who talk about their dreams are actually trying to tell you things about themselves they’d never admit in normal conversation.

I love the way music inside a car makes you feel invisible; if you plan the stereo at max volume, it's almost like the other people can't see into your vehicle. It tints your windows, somehow.

The most wretched people in the world are those who tell you they like every kind of music 'except country.' People who say that are boorish and pretentious at the same time.

Sarcasm is when you tell someone the truth by lying on purpose.

You've never had wok-seared spicy broccoli until you've had takeout trans-temporal wok-seared spicy broccoli delivered by a copy of yourself.

Marriage is a matter of give and take, but so far I haven't been able to find anybody who'll take what I have to give.

When it comes to improv, Specifics beget specifics.

We all know who Donald Trump's talking to.

We need people interested, otherwise literally the lights turn off.

After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing after all as wanting. It is not logical, but is often true.

I'm a fantasy writer. I don't do SF. This is important to me. If you're not clear on what genre you're in, everything gets muddled, and it's hard to know which rules you're breaking.

People generally despise where they flatter, and cringe to those they would gladly overtop; so that truth and ceremony are two things.

She said writting novels was like childbirth: if you truly remembered how awful it got, you'd never do it again.

Don't pray for the rain to stop; pray for good luck fishing when the river floods.