As I'm never going to be old, I'm glad that I never lost my sense of wonder about the world, although I have a hunch it would have happened pretty soon. I loved the world, its beauty and bigness as well as its smallness.

There's nothing cute or funny or lovable about being cheap. It's a total turn-off.

Why do most of us make such boring choices for the stories of our lives?

I was sick of wanting money. I was sick of being without a goal.

Here's my theory about meetings and life: the three things you can't fake are erections, competence and creativity.

...and when you meet someone and fall in love, and they fall in love with you, you ask them "Will you take my heart-- stains and all?" and they say "I will," and they ask you the same question and you say, "I will," too.

Unhappiness is something we are never taught about; we are taught to expect happiness, but never a Plan B to use to use when the happiness doesn't arrive.