It was one thing to hide away from the world. It was quite another to discover the world didn't miss you when you were gone.

Reality is like a fruitcake; pretty enough to look at but with all sorts of nasty things lurking just beneath the surface.

Those who write are writers. Those who wait are waiters.

In the middle of nowhere, along a quiet stretch of road, the diner dreamt of the hungry dead. And of two men.

Because life is complicated and difficult. Anyone who says otherwise hasn't truly lived.

Death should take more care with his paperwork.

He gives me the hairy eyeball, and asks me to help him find his pancreas.

All coincidences are Odd. That's what makes them coincidences.

The wisest man knows he know nothing.

Terrible errors are rarely made all at once. Usually they are performed one small misstep at a time.

A place that proves if you get enough talented people in a room, one or two are bound to offer some helpful advice. Kind if like monkeys with typewriters.

Women speak because they wish to speak, whereas a man speaks only when driven to speak by something outside himself-like, for instance, he can't find any clean socks.

Strong could be dealt with—but crazy? Oh no. You never knew what the crazy were going to do.

My father loved biographies. He loved the true tales of interesting people that were shaping our culture. I get why he dug Vanity Fair. You feel smarter, somehow, for reading it.

Self appointed expectations lead to self induced frustrations.

For me, writing is a way of finding out about things I didn't know before I began writing.

I am severely distracted these days. It's hard to sit in front of the computer, uploading bad music for hours, when you have a wonderful boyfriend who treats you like a Goddess.

A positive attitude is important, but it is only part of the story. Understanding how to surmount pain, doubt, and failure is a vital component in winning the game of life.

Love is the bridge that joins all the worlds together.

No matter how stark the reality, a human being fits it into a narrative that is palatable.