Sometimes I think that's where most of us are. Fighting off the crazy as best we can. Trying to become something better than we were. It's that second bit that's important.

There aren't any magical words, really. Words just hold the magic.

I don't have a muse. I have a mortgage.

Nobody can be bad at everything. There’s no such thing as a perfect screwup.

[Mouse is] with us. The dog is a handicap-assist animal." The kid lifted his eyebrows. "My mouth is partially paralyzed," I said. "It makes it hard for me to rea. He's here to help me with the big words. Tell me if I'm supposed to push or pull on doors, that kind of thing.

Life is precious, fragile, fleeting - and Murphy's life was one of my favorites.

Keep it up, wise guy. I'm always going to be taller than you once you're lying unconscious on the ground.