The upside to grief is it takes away your appetite. When people say you look good they really mean it. Nature's thoughtful that way.

Junie B. Jones. The B stands for Beatrice. Except, I don't like Beatrice. I just like B and that's all.

A little glitter can turn your whole day around.

I don't really believe in pretending to be happy when you're not. Mostly I believe that you should burden your friends with your problems.

Even though sometimes you can control your anger, you can't control your sadness.

I was a good kid, but I was just very chatty. Teachers were rarely entertained, but occasionally a child was, which was enough for me. Everything was so urgent. I needed to say it immediately.

I'm not actually sure I'm grown-up enough for grown-up books.

My senior year of high school, I was voted Wittiest. So, several years later, I decided to try my hand at writing humor to see if I could be witty enough to make some money.

Can't we be friends?' I hate your guts, Frankovitch' Can't our guts be friends?

I don't even like clowns. Clowns are not normal people.

I find the term perfect child to be an oxymoron.

Obsession is the evil genie who turns pleasure into pain.

If I win several tournaments in a row I get so confident I'm in a cloud. A loss gets me eager again.

The arts are an even better barometer of what is happening in our world than the stock market or the debates in congress.

The man who regards his own life and that of his fellow-creatures as meaningless is not merely unfortunate but almost disqualified for life.

What postmodernism gives us instead is a multicultural defense for male violence - a defense for it wherever it is, which in effect is a pretty universal defense.

Since the world has changed so much, the same values don't lead to the same choices anymore.

Growing up in Mississippi, I was such a farmer, and it's not desirable to bring attention to yourself. That's my nature, and all of a sudden, I'm in show business.

We now live in a culture of the temporary, in which more and more people are simply giving up on marriage as a public commitment.

A true friend will tell you the truth to your face - not behind your back.

Raising the minimum wage means raising the living wage - and that's good news for Ohio.