In a science fiction novel, the world is a character, and often the most important character.In a mainstream novel, the world is implicitly our world, and the characters are the world.

the knowledge that change can be frightening, that responsibility can, but that the answer to that is not refusing to change or to accept responsibility.

what's real within the story is real within the story

I don't wanna be the center of anything, just a part of something bigger.

Too many stories. Not enough Tim.

The wicked flee when no man pursueth but the righteous are bold as a lion.

I try not to dwell too much on a bad marriage.

Need drives men to envy as fullness drives them to selfishness.

We learn a lot from the mistakes of others, but even more from our own.

Both the artist and the lover know that perfection is not loveable. It is the clumsiness of a fault that makes a person lovable.

I feel like my music stands for the ultimate statement of irreverence.

We see and understand more about our behaviors. We come aware. And aware. And aware. . . Often, we feel uncertain about what to do with all this awareness.

The end of the animal trade would leave more time to trap or beat to death pop star wannabes.