Dresden. Am I interrupting something?" "Well, I was going to settle down with a porn video and a bottle of baby oil, but I really don't have enough for two.

Are you always a smartass?' Nope. Sometimes I'm asleep.

My brief flash of relief and confidence melted away. Good thing it did, too. I'm sure the world would come to an end if I were allowed to feel a sense of relief and well-being for any length of time.

When I'm in turmoil, when I can't think, when I'm exhausted and afraid and feeling very, very alone, I go for walks. It's just one of those things I do. I walk and I walk and sooner or later something comes to me, something to make me feel less like jumping off a building.

Whatever you do, do it for love. If you keep to that, your path will never wander so far from the light that you can never return.

There is the world that should be and the world that is. We live in one and must create the other.

I felt like I had just double-tapped Santa.