Telling the truth is the slow, mundane, difficult route to a meaningful life. Anything else is cheating.

I'm not a pastor; I've never been on staff at a church.

The most attractive characteristic in a person is the story they are telling the world. We stop and stare at stories.

If a piece of genius comes, it comes, and it if doesn't, it doesn't.

People are lonely. They want company and your book can provide them company and a little bit of hope. And there's nothing wrong with that.

We don't need as much as we have. Hardly any of us need as much money as we have. It's true what they say about the best things in life being free.

It's not what people do that scares me. It's what they hide. It's the secrets that keep us from bonding and create distrust. If we were more willing to accept each other's depravity we'd be more united, we'd be more honest. If you hide two things from me, I'll assume you're hiding a million. And I'll keep you at a distance. I'm not afraid of the evil in you. It's in me too.