If the universe is bigger and stranger than I can imagine, it's best to meet it with an empty bladder.

There's a difference between the fact that the universe is inherently unfair on a cosmic level, and the fact that life is unfair because people are actively making it so.

Part of what makes us human is what we mean to other people, and what people mean to us.

When you're a teenager and you're in love, it's obvious to everyone but you and the person you're in love with.

Engrave this in your brain: EVERY WRITER GETS REJECTED. You will be no different.

I did two things on my seventy-fifth birthday. I visited my wife's grave. Then I joined the army.

I'm not insane, sir. I have a finely calibrated sense of acceptable risk.