The line between normal and crazy seemed impossibly thin. A person would have to be an expert tightrope walker in order not to fall.

The most important thing for a writer to do is to write. It really doesn't matter what you write as long as you are able to write fluidly, very quickly, very effortlessly. It needs to become not second nature but really first nature to you. And read; you need to read and you need to read excellent books and then some bad books. Not as many bad books, but some bad books, so that you can see what both look like and why both are what they are.

What I think of blogs is just this: Some are beautifully written and many are not. But even blogs that aren't necessarily "well" written are great for the person writing them.

My only ritual is to just sit down and write, write every day.

Truthfulness itself is almost medication, even when it’s served without advice or insight.

The more obsessed one is with getting thin, the more certain it becomes that one will never get there.

Marriage is overdone. As long as there are people, people are going to find it interesting.