Bravest thing about people is how they go on loving mortal beings after finding out there's such a thing as dying.

In real life I avoid all parties altogether, but on paper I can mingle with the best of them

Try Jesus, you won't regret it, a billboard read.

Reading any piece of writing aloud is an acid test, particularly when it comes to dialogue. There were writers I'd always admired who suddenly rang false when I spoke their words in our living room.

I never think about the actual process of writing. I suppose I have a superstition about examining it too closely.

View your burden as a gift. It's the theme that has been given you to work with. Accept that and lean into it.

It is not how much you love someone, but who you are when you are with him.