Wouldn't that be nice if we could all afford to just freely pursue our dreams?

What's the point of having a book club if you don't get to eat brownies and drink wine?

In the wintertime I like macaroni and cheese.

An ellipsis is a giant ocean of possibilities.

I find that short stories are almost like palate cleansers, or brain cleansers.

You can quit smoking, and never have to have a cigarette again to survive. But with food, it is a daily challenge.

I love doing readings. I could really give a crap about reviews. It's kind of about the readers.

I remember being banned from other houses as a younger child during the winter holiday season; I was the only one who didn't believe in Santa Claus, and I was ruining everyone's Christmas.

I just think structure can make a book feel so much bigger. It's the architecture. You could use flimsy materials if you wanted to, even, but it could still feel big.

In 1998, I started a blog, something I could control very easily and update at my own whim.

I'm not that much of a researcher. I'm good at channeling characters, and I'm good at structure.

The price of conviction has never been cheap, but it will always be worth it.

Happiness is often the result of being too busy to be miserable.

I just discovered the Santa Monica flea market, every Sunday. I go weekly. There's a lot of interesting things there.

I don't understand why or how we can bully each other.

When a lot of people meditate what they do is they're thinking about other people. This is a terrible mistake. If you do this, stop!

... one should know the value of Life better than to pout any part of it away.

The wisest and the best of men, nay, the wisest and best of their actions, may be rendered ridiculous by a person whose first object in life is a joke.

Beneficent spirals, operating by benign feedback, mean that everything needful is not required at once: each individual improvement is beneficial for the whole

The mind has to be gradually and systematically brought under control.

Did you really want to die?" "No one commits suicide because they want to die." "Then why do they do it?" "Because they want to stop the pain.