It was important to me that the book didn't comment on being a teenager, but felt instead like a story told by a teenager.

Half the world is below average and it's not going to get any better.

Years of live storytelling and character acting have helped me with building vivid locations and scenes.

I love creating individual short stories within chapters, but I want to get better at building consistent narratives from start to finish.

I'd like to find a creative way to write a book that incorporates every Depeche Mode song ever.

I think making any art requires a certain degree of high anxiety and total abandon.

You shouldn't judge someone until you've walk a mile through an underground tunnel in her uncomfortable shoes

You need vision to transform political arena

They changed their minds, Flew off, and into strange vagaries fell.

The man who is master of his passions is Reason's slave.

Nefertiti is like Athena born from the brow of Zeus, a head-heavy armored goddess. She is beautiful but desexed.

Jack Abramoff is going to testify against some of the other weasels in Congress. A lobbyist testifying against congressmen? How many Bibles are going to burst into flames in that courtroom?

When you speak about generosity, about something good we have inside ourselves, you're speaking to the majority.

If we become increasingly humble about how little we know, we may be more eager to search.

The ethical person should do more then he is required to do, and less than he is allowed to.

When you're feeling lonely and no one is around Remember to look inside yourself and a best friend will be found