I'm grateful for a lot of things. One is not being a drunk wreck. Or losing all four limbs in some ridiculous East Village bus accident that I was so destined for.

The secret to being a writer is that you have to write. It's not enough to think about writing or to study literature or plan a future life as an author. You really have to lock yourself away, alone, and get to work.

He's a really nice guy, if only I weren't me.

and she's a nurse. do you know how hard nursing school is? it's like medical school. so she's obviously smart.

I never could have written the screenplay because I would have been forced to learn new software and I can't learn one more thing.

As a child, I was never drawn toward depraved or extreme situations; I really wanted a normal little childhood. Unfortunately, that's just not what happened.

Love is a helium-based emotion; Love always takes the high road.