I think it's crazy, crazy that book tours lose so much money. They shouldn't. Book tours should be part of what keeps independent bookstores vibrant and profitable.

Keys show up when you reconcile yourself to the bus.

There is always the risk: something is good and good and good and good, then all at once it gets awkward.

Cold one day, sweet the next; irresistibly flirty one moment, resistibly obnoxious the next.

Hi, I’m at the Speedway at Eighty-sixth and Ditch, and I need an ambulance. The great love of my life has a malfunctioning G-tube.

I'm so proud of you that it makes me proud of me. I hope you know that.

I may die young, but at least I'll die smart.