Study broadly and without fear.

The missing piece in his stomach hurt so much-and eventually he stopped thinking about the Theorem and wondered only how something that isn't there can hurt you.

The pleasure isn't in doing the thing, the pleasure is in planning it.

And, since they are theater people, they are all talking. All of them. Simultaneously. They do not need to be heard; they only need to be speaking.

If my public existence does anything worthwhile, hopefully it at least demystifies the author a bit, because I know when I was younger I felt like authors were like wizards or something. Turns out they're total muggles.

What happens in the band room stays in the band room.

You're not boring. You've got to stop saying that, or people will start believing you.