All cannot be lost when there is still so much being found

Wherever it's good, whatever strange, faraway land, let's go there, let's stay in that place alone.

Every night I give a violin recital for six hours, and attendance is mandatory. The word 'mandatory' means that if you don't show up, you have to buy me a large bag of candy and watch me eat it.

Making you happy isn't making me happy.

...you know that a good, long session of weeping can often make you feel better, even if your circumstances have not changed one bit.

My work is very dear to me, and certainly I have had all the emotional highs and lows that go with trying to get it to an audience. But I do have some kind of detachment that seems somewhat unusual in my trade. I'm a writer who writes every day. I don't have a period of months where I can't get anything done and I wander around tearing my hair out. When I come back from a book tour, for instance, I might have one day where I sleep late and then check my e-mail, and then go for a walk, and then the next day I'm really itching to get back at writing a story.

You should never stick something that you are allergic to into your mouth, especially if that thing is cats.