I guess I write four or five hours a day, but I do it seven days a week. It's very disciplined, yes, but it's joy for me.

Yes, Max, you are going to die. Just like everybody else. Thank you, Confucious.

It's always refreshing to meet someone crazier than us," I said. "We seem so normal afterward.

My favorite books are actually very complicated - 'One Hundred Years of Solitude', 'Ulysses'.

Yeah,” said Iggy. “But what now? Let’s do something fun.” I guess being on the run from bloodthirsty Erasers and insane scientists wasn’t enough fun for him. Kids today are so spoiled.

His face flushed, and I felt like cheering. "Yes," he said stiffly. "Besides de vings." "Hmm. Besides de vings." Nudge tapped one finger against her chin. "Um..." Her face brightened. "I once ate nine Snickers bars in one sitting. Without barfing. That was a record!" "Hardly a special talent," ter Borcht said witheringly. Nudge was offended. "Yeah? Let's see YOU do it." ... ... "I vill now eat nine Snickers bars," Gazzy said in a perfect, creepy imitation of ter Borcht's voice, "visout bahfing."

When its true, when it's right, love can give you the kind of joy that you can't get from any other experience.