I have more than 100 legal pads filled with handwriting. Eight novels, two books for children, countless stories and essays.

I have a million nightingales on the branches of my heart singing freedom.

Marriage wrecks any decent relationship.

I never took the bus. Never. Walking meant you were eccentric or pious or a loser - riding the bus meant you were insane or masochistic and worse than a loser.

The broken spine of the book shows the webbing of binder's string, and my fingers have worn white spots in the cover.

My father, born in Colorado, met my mother, born in Switzerland, when he went into the finance company where she worked and asked for a loan.

Let your pain lead you to creativity

If Heaven was a summer sky and a TV left on mute, then the Underworld was a starry night and an electric guitar with amps.

Task switching exacts a cost few realize they are even paying.

The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.

The hottest year in global [sic] history was 1934.

Gossip is always a personal confession either of malice or imbecility.

All girls over age 14 remove pubic hair. The only touching is to remove hair. That's grim.

A person carries off the hat. Hats are about emotion. It is all about how it makes you feel.

The most important story we'll ever write in life is our own-not with ink, but with our daily choices.

Whatever you do, don't do it.