Life is a sandwich of activity between two periods of bed-wetting.

Even if you're the worst writer in the world, at least you'll have the evidence.

Writing books is a nice retreat. There's nothing quite like diving into a book for a few hours. That is a big time vacation.

That's part of fiction, creating a world better than the one you live in.

Cholesterol to go with alcohol; all the bad things in English-speaking life end in -ol.

Is a gesture of charity genuine or is it a kind of deep moral tax write-off?

I knew I was supposed to be a writer; I had made that declaration in the closet of my soul.

I don't know any more about America than one knows being trapped in it.

Conversations are the most direct way to connect with people.

Heavy booze is a big time vacation, but you come back with a headache.

If I tell you that I have robbed a bank, prepare the correct reaction.

The experiences you get from failures early in life, will carry you for the rest of your life.

Consciousness is clear

I wasn't lying when I said I'd follow you out of this place. I just can't figure out why you want to take me with you.

America does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlements.

When the gratitude that many owe to one discards all modesty, then there is fame.

As I'm writing it, I'm kind of curious to see what's going to happen. It almost feels like I'm the writer and I'm the listener, too.

Having mourned your sin, for outward Eden lost, find paradise within.

You stupid jackass," Ian said. "Who's got the crush on a worm, bro? You gonna call me stupid?

To worship our false selves is to worship nothing. And the worship of nothing is hell.

You grieve Not that heaven does not exist but That it exists without us