Only bad writers think they're good.

For a short time, I hated them. But when you think about it, what good does that do?It takes so much to hold on to hate—you lose your grip on what's important, you know?

There are three things that make a person a writer: inspiration, perspiration and desperation.

There is the old catch-22 line that a mentally unstable person can't know, as per their illness, that they are unstable. But that was wrong. You can and do have the insight to see your own crazy.

Painful memories didn't just ease back in-they shoved the door open hard, all of them and all at once

...desperation can toy with you and if you give desperation any wiggle room, it will find alternative answers

I try to stress to my children that buying something never leads to true happiness.