You don't need to like reality, only be strong enough to face it

Do you know what punishments I've endured for my crimes, my sins? None. I am proof of the absurdity of men's most treasured abstractions. A just universe wouldn't tolerate my existence.

..because the only kind of love I have to offer is stupid and blind and so deep and powerful that I feel like I'm cracking just to hold it in.

Moments of beauty sustain us through hours of ugliness.

If you worry about what everyone is trying to do, you become a spectator and not a player.

Put on some armor. Just remember what's armor and what's you, so when it's time to take it off, you can.

If you looked busy, you could get away with almost anything.

What people value in their books—and thus what they count as literature—really tells you more about them than it does about the book.

Delusional people tend to believe in what they're doing.

Life is empty. Life is worthless. When we take a life, we aren't taking anything of value.- Durzo Blint

If I tell you a secret can you keep it quiet? “Well, I can. I’m not so sure about Doll Girl.

Sometimes you have to fight for the past and sometimes you have to let go.

Because I’ve gotten older, I worry that there will be a steep decline in my talent, but I promise not to let the same thing happen to my passion for writing.

When I look back at the 1980s I pinch myself. Did I really do all that?

Computers don't kill books; people do.

Marriage is the only chance (and it is but a chance) offered to women for escape from this death and how eagerly and how ignorantly it is embraced.

I have the audience I deserve. Or at least I have the audience that represents the kind of people that I like.

For anyone having a bad day just remember 'If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it.

Everyone has their story. Everyone has issues. You have to face your fears.

If you want to be the best, baby, you've got to work harder than anybody else.

'Veronica Mars' was my first job, and for some reason, my character changed her hairstyle halfway through the season from curly to - I dont even know why - suddenly straight.