Anything I write I ask myself: Is it true, is it entertaining?

I got a huge knot in my stomach because if Antarctica could talk, it would be saying only one thing: you don't belong here. (277)

The sooner you learn it's on you to make life interesting, the better off you'll be.

I think because I try to keep things as real as I can, or I try to start from a place of reality, I almost don't have the imagination to write a book that's not set where I am.

This is why you must love life: one day you're offering up your social security number to the Russian Mafia; two weeks later you're using the word calve as a verb.

I'm not too good when exposed to people

Maybe that’s what religion is, hurling yourself off a cliff and trusting that something bigger will take care of you and carry you to the right place.

I'd say I never considered myself a great architect. I'm more of a creative problem solver with good taste and a soft spot for logistical nightmares.

Your mission statement says Galer Street is based on global "connectitude." (You people don't just think outside the box, you think outside the dictionary!)

My strength as a TV writer was my total lack of interest in television.

Unfortunately Seattle is my muse, for the better or worse of Seattle - I'm not sure.

In my political life I spoke before leftist groups, before black activist groups that I disagreed with, to explain my position and to support my legislation.

Hatred does not cease through hatred at any time. Hatred ceases through love. This is an unalterable law.

The engine of the tank is a weapon just as the main-gun.

Let every sluice of knowledge be opened and set a-flowing.

if I were to begin my life again, I should want it as it was. I would only open my eyes a little more.

None are as offended as those who contrive offense.

My parents were pretty lenient with me. But, they gave me morality while I was growing up. They taught me the difference between right and wrong.

Everything is backwards now, like out there is the true world, and in here is the dream.

The crowds can be very loud, especially when you're playing in the evening.