I got my wish, I suppose. I left my scar.

Read a lot. Read broadly... Tell stories to your friends, and pay attention to when they get bored... Write a lot.

Shouldn't letting go be painless if you've never learned how to hold on?

Videogame players essentially choose whether to win the game or to die heroically. There's a certain glory in both.

Great books help you understand, and they help you feel understood.

We gotta do something about this frigging swing set,' he said. 'I'm telling you, it's ninety percent of the problem.

One day, you’re 17 and you’re planning for someday. And then quietly, without you ever really noticing, someday is today. And then someday is yesterday. And this is your life.