Perhaps it's better to find joy in the rubble rather than celebrate in ignorance.

But, over time, grief fades. And so did my lust for vengeance.

Father knew he might die that day, and he went anyway.

I would rather die than hate.

It's easy to move on when things are so bad that you can't stand them anymore. It's harder when they're just mediocre.

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

A big enough artist, I say, can eat anything, must eat everything and then alchemize it. Only the feeble writer is afraid of expansion.

People change. Thank God. I can't imagine a world where everyone's the same as they were in high school.

Soul is found where life deepens us, where meaning calls to us, where trouble deters us, wherever and however we slow down in the midst of the rushing and racing at the surface level of life.

Law, without force, is impotent.

I don't write a quick draft and then revise; instead, I work slowly page by page, revising and polishing.

A life lived with integrity - even if it lacks the trappings of fame and fortune is a shinning star in whose light others may follow in the years to come.

One is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid of the known coming to an end.

Jokes are grievances.

I was a healthy young man, and I thought I was invincible before I was diagnosed with kidney disease.

If two people share one, their destinies become intertwined. They'll remain a part of each other's lives no matter what.