They should tell you when you’re born: have a suitcase heart, be ready to travel.

When I was in my twenties and broke, I'd buy books before food. A meal will sustain you for a few hours, a good book will sustain you for life.

Saying you're through with romance is like saying you're done with living, Betty. Life is better with a little romance, you know.

I did learn something about insanity while I was down there. People go crazy, not because they are crazy, but because it's the best available option at the time.

When I was around eight, I learned how to touch-type at school, and I received a computer as a present. I started writing plays, and for many years I thought I would be a playwright.

It was a nice day, and I don't mean that it was sunny either. It was humid and not too cool, like winter was getting annoyed with itself and wanted it to be spring just as much as everyone else.

It was funny how dad was more honest in a book that anyone in the world could pick up and read than he could be talking to me. Or maybe it was sad. One or the other. Sometimes it’s hard to tell.