It's just the biggest mistake I could think to make

The one thing I cannot stand is when I do interviews, when I interview people, and I listen to the tapes and I hear myself talking and sort of stumble and stammer, or I hear the horrible sound of my own voice, or God forbid I see myself on video, there is that complete revulsion with seeing how I occur in the world.

A good story should make you laugh, and a moment later break your heart.

The last story you should write is the most important story. You should start with a story that is just an amusing, entertaining, fun story to write and learn your writing chops with the least important things before you start applying them to the most important things.

We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.

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

All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring.