I write books and either people read them or they don't read them. The rise of Facebook or e-books doesn't change the difficulty level of writing sentences and thinking up new ideas.

A monster is a person who has stopped pretending.

It is failure that guides evolution; perfection provides no incentive for improvement, and nothing is perfect.

You are a New Yorker when what was there before is more real and solid than what is here now.

Memory is the most malicious cutter of all, preserving, recasting, panning in slow motion across the awful bits so that we retain every detail.

In other words, fiction is payback for those who have wronged you.

We never see other people anyway, only the monsters we make of them.

What isn't said is as important as what is said.

Sanctimony and self-regard are as American as smallpox blankets and supersize meals.

A society manufactures the heroes it requires.

Google "brooklyn writer" and you'll get, Did you mean: the future of literature as we know it?

It's very hard to do when you put trust on others capability more than yours.

I think that every job that you can save is important. Every job that you can create is very important and it should not be the number one reason why we invest in infrastructure to create jobs.

I tried to connect my singing voice to my guitar an' my guitar to my singing voice. Like the two was talking to one another.

Relationships are the key element to Press & PR

I don't know every step I'm supposed to take. I think Jesus just wants me to take the next step.

The people have nothing to do with the laws but to obey them.

In order for poetry to exist there has to be not-poetry to contrast it with.

Adversity is something that makes reaching your goals so much more rewarding than if it didn't exist.

Everything's going to be fine. She'll be back at work soon. Let's just keep the house clean." Oh yeah, I want to say, because a clean house will result in peace in the Middle East as well.