I assumed everything bad in the world could happen, because everything bad in the world already did happen.
My mother had always told her kids: if you're about to do something, and you want to know if it's a bad idea, imagine seeing it printed in the paper for all the world to see.
The truly frightening flaw in humanity is our capacity for cruelty - we all have it.
Ironic people always dissolve when confronted with earnestness, it's their kryptonite
Republicans go to Sam’s Club, Democrats go to Costco.
I often don't say things out loud, even when I should. I contain and compartmentalize to a disturbing degree: In my belly-basement are hundreds of bottles of rage, despair, fear, but you'd never guess from looking at me.