Writing to corroborate what you already think is the essence of bad writing.

I’m always looking for the monster. Not even just in horror. I want them in everything. Just give me the monsters. Logical conclusions don’t satisfy. Monsters satisfy, absolutely.

Empathy is what separates human beings from teenage boys.

There are really only two ways to react to the extraordinary. The first is to ponder the grand purpose until all the fun is sucked away, the second is to enjoy it.

A little style is a good thing, but you can’t trust a person who won’t be ugly in front of you.

The best writing deadlines are poverty and death.

People who move to New York always the same mistake. They can't see the place.

Doubt is the big machine. It grinds up the delusions of women and men.

I have my teachers who tell me what to do. I'm not quite old enough yet to be truly independent.

Nearly everyone could be undone by an old woman's displeasure.

The poor aren't defeated. We're domesticated.

Anyone with a form of godliness is promoting ungodliness, whether ignorantly or knowingly.

I have always enjoyed my solitude. It gives me time to think and to write.

Everybody must be focused on cultivating their own land of promise

Economy and environment are the same thing. That is the rule of nature.

Meanings receive their dignity from words instead of giving it to them.

Remember that happiness is a way of travel, it's not a destination.

Gos bless America, my home sweet home.

It's not brave to do something that doesn't scare you.

I like hanging out with me, and I've accepted everything about me good, bad whatever it is. That's why I'm able to, that's why no one can tell me anything negative about myself.

Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.