We decided that the French could never write user-friendly software because they're so rude.

TV and the Internet are good because they keep stupid people from spending too much time out in public.

You guys just wait and see. We'll stand taller than these mountains. We'll bare open our hearts for the world to grab. We'll see lights where there was dimness. We'll testify together to what we have seen and felt. Life will go on--all of us--crawling; stumbling, falling perhaps. But we will be the strong ones. Our hearts will shine brightly.

I tried to think of a witty play on Every picture tells a thousand words, but then the whole word/picture thing collapsed on me.

My writing process is ritualized and monotonous, but there's no other way to get the job done. All other fiction writers I've met say the same thing.

Below a certain point, if you keep too quiet, people no longer see you as thoughtful or deep; they simply forget you.

I guess the thing about exposing your heart is that people may not even notice it. Like a flop movie. Or they'll borrow your heart and they'll forget to return it to you.