It seems that so much writing is being done in the nineteenth-century model, where every connection has to be thoroughly explained.

A writer's job is to cultivate what can go wrong. You're always looking for that dramatic arc of where things can fail.

As a lower-class kid, I was raised to think success would be owning stuff. Having that great job, too. Now I find my parents' dream was wrong. You never really own anything. And you're never really finished as a person.

The liberator who destroys my property is fighting to save my spirit. The teacher who clears all possessions from my path will set me free.

The amazing miracle of death, when one second you're walking and talking, and the next second you're an object.

Let's all embrace someone near us. Pick someone special to you. Tell this someone how you feel.

It takes a lot to get people talking in airplanes. But once they start talking, you just can't shut them up.