The marks humans leave are too often scars.
You will not kill my girlfriend today, International Terrorists of Ambiguous Nationality!
We have this habit of romanticizing the lives of writers. I remember when I was a kid, I was like, 'I want to be Kurt Vonnegut.'
Failing to grapple with complexity actually turns out to be a pretty bad life strategy.
Great books help you understand, and they help you feel understood.
I always had this secret suspicion that I was special.