And he was feeling not-unique in the very best possible way.

I just want the pleasure of noticing these things at a safe distance.

But if you consider all the unlikely things together, at least one of them will probably happen to each of us.

In retrospect Hank I don't know why I spent four years writing this book when I could have just made a hit sing-a-ma-jig album.

They like their coffee like they like their ex-boyfriends: bitter.

And yes, again, that was it exactly. A retyper and not a writer. A prodigy and not a genius.

The only thing worse than having a party that no one attends is having a party attended only by two vastly, deeply uninteresting people.