I know so many writers who are a hundred times better than me and have longer, greater ideas than mine, but they gave up; they stopped. The biggest talent you can have is determination.

There are people out there who will not read books, but somehow they'll read my books.

People had been working for so many years to make the world a safe organized place. Nobody realized how boring it would become.

The truth is, every son raised by a single mom is pretty much born married. I don't know, but until your mom dies it seems like all the other women in your life can never be more than just your mistress.

Rant would tell people: 'You're a different human being to everybody you meet.

You’re training a new employee,' says Mrs. Clark, 'to take over your boring old job.' When you raise a child.

For the first time in longer than I can remember, I feel peaceful. Not happy. Not sad. Not anxious. Not horny. Just all the higher parts of my brain closing up shop. The cerebral cortex. The cerebellum. That's where my problem is. I'm now simplifying myself. Somewhere balanced in the perfect middle between happiness and sadness. Because sponges never have a bad day.