Writers have to be careful not to confuse personal attention with the attention that's going towards the book.

I think the deeper you go into questions, the deeper or more interesting the questions get. And I think that's the job of art.

One of the things I learned about writing a memoir is you can’t drag the reader through everything. Every human life is worth 20 memoirs.

I see a lot of marriages crash and burn around me and my wife. I've always been curious about how hard it is to love well and be loved.

Fear is a ghost; embrace your fear, and all you’ll see in your arms is yourself.

As a matter of writing philosophy, if there is one, I try not to ever plot a story. I try to write it from the character's point of view and see where it goes.

I've learned over the years that the writing is smarter and far larger than the writer and his or her own desires for it.

I have always known that writing fiction had little effect on the world; that if it did, young men would not have gone to war after The Iliad.

Somewhere, sometime I'd stopped expecting my father to father.

I read poetry every day. I love the boiled down essence of poetry. I look for poetry in prose. In a way that evocative.

What is art if not a concentrated and impassioned effort to make something with the little we have, the little we see?

Are you always a smartass?'Nope. Sometimes I'm asleep.

He who replies to words of doubtdoth put the light of knowledge out.

You ought to be able to wear your character like a Lycra bodysuit.

I have found that the best cure for self pity is to do something to help someone else.

There were a lot more girls at the shows early on. I'd get off stage and there would be options. Those days are long gone, thank god.

I do admit to mocking atheists, because mockery is a legitimate form of debate according to my rule Book. God Himself mocks evil men who refuse His moral government (see Proverbs 1:26-27).

Consequently, a young business often grows by large percentages. Mature businesses rarely do.

Every team member who brings intelligence, experience and passion to their creations should be called an artist or designer.

The law of flying was not discovered by the contemplation of things staying on the ground.

I made a commitment and a promise to Ms. McSpadden, Michael Browns mother, that I will pursue justice with the family at every avenue, be it on the federal level or at the state level.