Maybe it's not as important to you as it was for me, but that's not for you to decide.

The main thing I wanted to say, and thankfully it’s what most people say they get out of the book, is simply an acknowledgement that we do affect each other in ways we can’t predict.

No one knows for certain how much impact they have on the lives of other people. Oftentimes, we have no clue. Yet we push it just the same.

You can hear rumors. But you can't know them.

You can't stop the future You can't rewind the past The only way to learn the secret ...is to press play.

I've always loved brainstorming with other writers, and I consider having my work critiqued a part of that brainstorming.

And at some point, the struggle becomes too much-too tiring-and you consider letting go. Allowing tragedy... or whatever... to happen.

You can't go back to how things were. How you thought they were. All you really have is...now.

Everything...affects everything

After all, how often do we get a second chance?

In the end....everything matters.

Your relationship or marriage is dead or dying, if you almost always have to remind your partner to miss you (and/or they almost always have to remind you to miss them).

Dreams come true when you live life awake.

You raise the level of universal well-being by choosing to focus with gratitude on your blessings.

The natural man will probably be manly. The affected man cannot be so.

Sometimes the characters I find the most compelling are in independent movies. With independent scripts people can take more challenges.

I hear that you were on a date with Trouble Kelp. Are you two planning on building a bivouac any time soon?

The real enemy can always be met and conquered, or won over. Real antagonism is based on love, a love which has not recognized itself.

Few books today are forgivable.

America has become the most unequal society among advanced countries, and rich people are now free to spend as much money on political campaigns as they wish.

Genius is rare because the means of becoming one have not been available