They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad that I'm going to miss mine by just a few days.

Love has the power to rescue us and not let go, otherwise it isn't love

Sometimes you have to look reality in the eye, and deny it.

I have taken so many wrong turns and been so careless with precious things and managed to lose, or break, or leave out in the rain so much that I loved.

All fiction comes from a little bit of reality, otherwise it would have no relevance. The fun is in innovation, take something real like this fair, and make it something larger than life.

Even in a time of elephantine vanity and greed, one never has to look far to see the campfires of gentle people.

Being rich and thin isn't everything.