People nearly always believe, and are willing to back it up with weapons and cruelty, that their religion and way of life is better than the other person's

But sometimes, in tight corners, when your back is against the wall and the world is against you, you have to fight back in unexpected ways.

I love writing and do not know why it is considered such a difficult, agonizing profession.

in Los Angeles ... was the thinking-est crowd on earth: how to get ahead, how to mold a better body, how to have a better relationship, how to score, earn, fight, win, get published, be a star.

Lying on the front passenger seat, as if it didn't matter, was Rose's Diary. It Mattered.

I approach serious subjects, and I like to have the good guys win and have the parents among the good guys

Guys with nice person names try to be sympathetic.