Some people have lives; some people have music.

No matter how hard you kick, no matter how high you get, you can't go all the way around.

I really think that reading is just as important as writing when you're trying to be a writer because it's the only apprenticeship we have, it's the only way of learning how to write a story.

We have to live with ambiguity. We have to give ourselves over to it. The question is: How? How are we going to live in a universe where important questions will always go unanswered?

They love their hair because they're not smart enough to love something more interesting.

I wanted to know that he would be okay if I died. I wanted to not be a grenade, to not be a malevolent force in the lives of people I loved.

This was what I liked most about my friends: just sitting around & telling stories.