Perfectionism means that you try not to leave so much mess to clean up. But clutter and mess show us that life is being lived.

One thing I know for sure about raising children is that every single day a kid needs discipline.... But also every single day a kid needs a break.

You get your intuition back when you make space for it, when you stop the chattering of the rational mind.

Because this business of becoming conscious, of being a writer, is ultimately about asking yourself, How alive am I willing to be?

You don't always have to chop with the sword of truth. You can point with it too.

For me and most of the other writers I know, writing is not rapturous. In fact, the only way I can get anything written at all is to write really, really shitty first drafts.

Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.

If your wife locks you out of the house, you don't have a problem with your door.

A writer paradoxically seeks the truth and tells lies every step of the way.

Bird by bird buddy. Just take it bird by bird.

I want people who write to crash or dive below the surface, where life is so cold and confusing and hard to see.Your anger and damage and grief are the way to the truth.

I looked around for God's judgments, but saw no signs of them.

Will and wisdom are both mighty leaders. Our times worship will.

Whenever I'm looking for actors, I'm always looking for actors who are intelligent and who feel fresh and who feel authentic to the world.

Pre-mature ejaculation. Let's talk about it. Premature ejaculation. That's a pretty fancy term for, "Ooooooh Oh no. This has never happened before."

Dr. Holmes says, both wittily and truly, that crying widows are easiest consoled.

With words, I could build a world I could live in. I had a very dysfunctional family, and a very hard childhood. So I made a world out of words. And it was my salvation.

We enjoy the fruit of the first coming but anticipate the glory of the second.

Being an Image Activist simply means to be in action of supporting, celebrating and creating honest images of a group you care about, or yourself.

The opening of the doors to 29 million Romanians and Bulgarians is going to become a huge issue.

It's important for that to exist in a society that doesn't present you with any genuine problems.