I was blessed to grow up in really interesting times and to go back to a home where I was very safe.

There's something ugly about the flawless.

Narrative becomes the way you make sense of chaos. That's how you focus the world. It's the only reason you should ever try this writing job.

In Greek tragedy, they fall from great heights. In noir, they fall from the curb.

Happiness comes in moments, & then it's gone until the next time. Could be years. But sadness settles it.

It's hard to close the door on optimistic expectations when you love someone.

There are so many more important things to worry about than how you're perceived by strangers.

The foundation of your life is luck. Hard work and talent make up the difference.

There are threads in our lives. You pull one, and everything else gets affected.

Chuck said, “Hey. How many surrealists does it take to screw in a lightbulb?” Cawley looked over at him. “I’ll bite. How many?” “Fish,” Chuck said and let loose a bright bark of a laugh.

What molds us is what maims us.

God put us here, on this carnival ride. We close our eyes never knowing where it'll take us next.

Never taught to lose, but only win.

In Elizabethan England or classical Athens... theater was at the center of, not culture, but society and politics and religion and civic engagement. Those things have a different audience.

I believe the happiest moments of your life are yet to come.

Proofs are the last thing looked for by a truly religious mind which feels the imaginary fitness of its faith.

The easiest, the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflict within an organization is to pretend it does not exist.

For one thing, Lush was our only job then. We want it to be great, and we put a lot of energy into it, but it can't take over everything like it did back in the day.

We put our values in the wrong things. And it leads to very disillusioned lives.

Don't watch" the redheaded mind reader whispered. I closed my eyes.

In golf, just because a person is big and cut and ripped, doesn't mean they have a physical advantage.