I'm good at being by myself. I guess if you're a writer you get used to that.

We are often wrong about the past, but at least with the past you can change your thinking. We can't do that with the future.

If you can't swim, the idea of being in nine feet of water is terrifying, much less the ocean.

We all believe that we are a certain kind of person, but we never know until we do something that proves otherwise, or until we die.

Art and love are the same thing: It’s the process of seeing yourself in things that are not you.

If you're doing an interview, you need conversational tension. After you talk to them, you're not going to have a relationship with them, they're not going to like you, they're not going to be your friend.

You can't go into the office and be a jerk. You can't yell at your kids or your wife or your husband for no reason. That makes you a terrible person.