Like everyone, I'm saddened and horrified by this. All I'll say is that I'm personally trying to pay more attention to the victims than to their murderer. I certainly will not be mentioning the murderer. I don't think he warrants our attention-particularly since he so clearly wanted it.

Nerd girls are the world’s most underutilized romantic resource. And guys, do not tell me that nerd girls are not hot because that shows a Paris Hilton-esque failure to understand hotness.

When I think about [characters], I like to think of them in their relationships to each other. In the same way, I think that's how humans are ultimately defined. We are our relationships to one another. And a lot of what's interesting about us happens in the context of other people.

That was the worst part about having cancer, sometimes: The physical evidence of disease separates you from other people.

Truth defies simplicity.

We only have so long to play in the dirt and ask questions of rivers.

You shall love your neighbour With your crooked heart, It says so much about love and brokenness -- it's perfect.