Our real discoveries come from chaos, from going to the place that looks wrong and stupid and foolish.

You always kill the one you love.

Every character sees the world through a framework of education and experience that they're proud experts about. To write a character, find out what they know best, and THEN you'll know how they'll describe a "hot day." Or a "pretty girl."

Most guys will fight to know you. Some guys will deny you're a real person, and some will just ignore you." The zealot. The atheist. The agnostic.

After you hear even the shortest great story, it should fill you with a little bit of fear.

you're doomed at being you.

There's still a thousand places I haven't gone to die.