Writing, I explained, was mainly an attempt to out-argue one's past; to present events in such a light that battles lost in life were either won on paper or held to a draw.

Artists can color the sky red because they know it's blue. Those of us who aren't artists must color things the way they really are or people might think we're stupid.

I told the doctor I was overtired, anxiety-ridden, compulsively active, constantly depressed, with recurring fits of paranoia. Turns out I'm normal.

Design is important because chaos is so hard.

I grew up to have my father's looks, my father's speech patterns, my father's posture, my father's opinions, and my mother's contempt for my father.

We are all continually embarking on first drafts, in every aspect of our lives.

Maturity is only a short break in adolescence.

If you are not able to communicate successfully between yourself and yourself, how are you supposed to make it with the strangers outside?

Jesus died to forgive our sins. Dare we make his martyrdom meaningless by not committing them?

Imagination continually frustrates tradition; that is its function.

Getting out of bed in the morning is an act of false confidence.

Nothing like having a warrant for your execution to get a girl motivated.

A family is not decided by blood but by bonds.

O bid me mount and sail up thereAmid the cloudy wrack, For Peg and Meg and Paris' loveThat had so straight a back, Are gone away, and some that stayHave changed their silk for sack.

People don't get to see the unglamourous side.

I'm very learning-disabled, and I think it drove me to what I'm doing.

As a competitive gymnast, my life has always been filled with challenges that would ultimately define my future. From day one, I was taught to be prepared at all costs.

there is undoubtedly something irritating about the favorites of fortune.

Time plays tricks between here and home," said Mogget sepulchrally, frightening the life out of the telephone operator.

When you're in that zone there's nothing really the defense can do ... It doesn't matter who's sticking you because everything looks good.

When I wear jeans I want to look like a man, not a child.