You have to know writing styles well before you can copy them - and then incorporate parts of them into your own style.

Sunrises and sunsets are real jerks about putting things in perspective.

You don't have to be a genius when you're surrounded by morons.

It doesn't pay to be good at something unless you are the absolute best at it.

Insanity is just what we call stupidity when it doesn't make sense.

Gratitude can sometimes be as annoying as whininess.

I thought I was going to be a poet when I was in college, but then I found out I was poor so I decided to do something I'd get paid for.

The more you write, the faster you'll write, and the less you'll mind throwing stuff out.

Crime is for poor people. You don't need to rob the bank if you own it.

I can't focus on any one day, because I always have to be ready for the next. It's fun but frenetic - like living in a circus that never stops performing.

A lot of young writers are very precious about their words. Don't be - you've got to be ready to burn stuff. You're not as good as you think you are, at least not yet.

The best fighter is never angry.

Lady, I was gonna cut you some slack, 'cause you're a major mythological figure...but now you've just gone nuts!

59% of all suicides are actually botched murder-suicides performed by dyslexics.

Meg Pokrass writes like a brain looking for a body. Wonderful, dark, unforgiving.

...a fixation is very stubborn: it burrows into the brain and breaks the heart. There are many fixations, but love is the worst.

It's true that the skills required to be a conman are the same as those required for being an actor. Though those skills are in the service of something a bit more noble with acting, I hope.

There is no continuum for success. Focus on the progress, not the results.

Everyday is an atheist holiday.