The narrative impulse is always with us; we couldn't imagine ourselves through a day without it.

We need myths to get by. We need story; otherwise the tremendous randomness of experience overwhelms us. Story is what penetrates.

Metafiction says something. It has to do with taking a large fiction itself and writing within it; that kind of self-reflecting writing that emerges from it can be thought of as metafictional.

My disenchantment? Oh no, my dear, there are no disenchantments, merely progressions and styles of possession. To exist is to be spellbound.

I see no reason to stop writing. But the reason isn't always one of your own. The mind is not invulnerable, and it can lose some of its powers.

Some ways of naming a generation are fruitful and some are not. Postmodernism is not. It doesn't really say anything.

I learned my realism from guys like Kafka.

What we got is NOW, Huck, and now is forever. Until it ain't. So, you can't worry over nothing except putting off the end a your story as long as you can, and finishing it with a bang.

Friendship often ends in love, but love in friendship – never.

My ultimate life dream project is my kids. My family.

Love has the power to change everything.

The tragedy in sports is seeing a team beaten not by a better team, but by themselves.

Every day, I'll get sent clips via email. I watch them and see if there's something of substance or significance.Some nights are super busy; some nights are quiet.

I sacrifice to no god save myself - And to my belly, greatest of deities.

I will not change the world. Jesus will do that. I can, however, let Him use me to change the world for one person.

Man becomes what he thinks about

If you want it bad enough, you'll get it.

If no one among us is capable of governing himself, then who among us has the capcity to govern someone else.