My mom used to say that’s why we have memory. And the opposite of memory—hope. So things that are gone can still matter. So we can build off our pasts and make futures.

I want to change my punctuation. I long for exclamation marks, but I'm drowning in ellipses.

I would like my life to be a movie so I could cut to a montage.

My friend "M" says the irony of being a zombie is that everything is funny, but you can't smile, because your lips have rotted off.

...wanting change is step one, but step two is taking it.

You should always be taking pictures, if not with a camera then with your mind. Memories you capture on purpose are always more vivid than the ones you pick up by accident.

Deep under our feet the Earth holds its molten breath, while the bones of countless generations watch us and wait.

...and we'll see what happens when we say Yes while this rigor mortis world screams No.

Is this muteness a real physical handicap? One of the many symptoms of being Dead?Or do we just have nothing left to say?

That's why we have memory. And the opposite of memory— hope. So things that are gone can still matter. So we can built off our pasts and make future.

There is no ideal world for you to wait around for. The world is always just what it is now, and it's up to you how you respond to it.

Confidence, even when under pressure, has a way of turning an impossible situation into just another challenge to be met.

Baby, I could watch you watching paint dry, and I still wouldn’t be bored.” Garrett Graham, my own personal sweet-talker.

I learned a long time ago that you have to be able to laugh no matter what. Otherwise you start weeping and never stop.

The number 1 thing that I don't want to see in a story is when characters exist simply to be proven wrong.

I'm a paranoid schizophrenic. I am my own entourage!

I believe it is wrong, in a country of such wealth and prosperity, to have 36 million Americans living in poverty.

A work is perfectly finished only when nothing can be added to it and nothing taken away.

I nod like I’m listening,like we’re communicating, and she never knows the difference.

Persistence and love of one's work is the key.

The number one secret of being a successful writer is this: marry an English major.