There are places from which you cannot return. There is damage that can be irreparable.

On the other couch a women sits with a young boy looking through a picture book about Babar the Elephant. When I find a magazine and I lean back to start reading it, I can see the women watching me out of the corner of her eye. She moves closer to the child and she leans over and kisses his forehead. I know why she does it and i don't blame her.

My wife says I'm only comfortable when there's a fight. And it's true. The thing that motivates me is struggle.

One of the beautiful and terrible things about America is you can go there and still be whatever you want, if you bust your ass and you have some luck.

Being an unpublished novelist has about as much social acceptability as being a shopping bag lady.

I'm tired of making people sad and I'm tired of disappointing them and I'm tired of seeing them break. I have seen this too many times. He will be the last.

Lying became part of my life. I lied if I needed to lie to get something or get out of something