...you spend a much larger part of your life being old, not young. Rules change along the way. The first things to go are those things you thought were eternal.

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.

People are pretty forgiving when it comes to other people's families. The only family that ever horrifies you is your own.

Chronocanine Envy: Sadness experienced when one realized that, unlike one's dog, one cannot live only in the present tense. As Kierkegaard said, "Life must be lived forward.

A ring is a halo on your finger.

Only losers make decisions when things are bad. The time to rejig your life is the time when it's seemingly smooth.

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