Nevertheless, if you ask me, most people have children just as their own enthusiasm about life begins to wane. A child allows us to revisit the excitement we once felt about, well... everything. A generation later, our grandkids bump up our enthusiasm yet again. Reproducing is a kind of booster shot to keep us loving life.

The worst part of writing fiction is the fear of wasting your life behind a keyboard. The idea that, dying, you'll realize you only lived on paper. Your only adventures were make-believe, and while the world fought and kissed, you sat in some dark room masturbating and making money.

Somehow it seems wrong to photograph a blind person. It’s like stealing something valuable they don’t even know they own.

Having nothing to lose is the new wealth.

People don't listen, they just wait for their turn to talk.

The damaged loves the damaged.

With insomnia, you're never really awake; but you're never really asleep.