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.

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

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

from what we cannot hold the stars are made

The piano ain't got no wrong notes.

Anger carries a person in your mind forever.The day U can stand in the room with some1 without being affected is the day you truly moved on

If I were offering hip replacement services I'd use Jarod Kintz as my spokesman. No one can possibly be better than him, to replace the missing spoke in your wheels.

I'm a culture vulture, and I just want to experience it all.

We could be the biggest pantyhose seller in America, but we don't want to weaken the link in shoppers' minds between Home Depot and do-it-yourself projects.

my hands dead my heart dead silence adagio of rocks the world ablaze that's the best for me.

Every time, every time a tourist or an immigrant or a refugee shows up in another country there's a security risk.

I did pretty well at the Sydney Olympics, but those were my first Games.

Through the Goddess, we can discover our strength, enlighten our minds, own our bodies, and celebrate our emotions.