Once I thought that Lake Forest was the most glamorous place in the world. Maybe it was.

Strange children should smile at each other and say, "Let's play.

The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly.

For what it's worth, it's never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you're proud of and if you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start over.

That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you're not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong.

First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you.

In a real dark night of the soul, it is always three o'clock in the morning, day after day.