More people die on a per mile basis from drunk walking than from drunk driving.

Its sort of my job to feel good.

I was what they call 'skinny fat' - a body that resembled a python after swallowing a goat.

I’d recommend learning to accept rejection. Become friends with rejection. Be nice to rejection, because it’s a huge part of being a writer, no matter where you are in your career.

I thought religion would make me live with my head in the clouds, but as often as not, it grounds me in this world.

One of the interesting things to me is that God grows throughout the Old Testament. He evolves, sort of matures, and becomes kinder.

The Bible improved my ethical IQ. I started to act like a good person. I tried not to gossip, and lie, and covet, and just by pretending I was a good person, I think I actually became a little bit better of a person. I'm not Gandhi or Angelina Jolie, but it was a baby step.