You know people don't get better as we get older- we just get more of who we are.

Kids own nothing. Everything is either promised, borrowed, longed for or exaggerated.

The angel said, "I like black-and-white films more than color because they're more artificial. You have to work harder to overcome your disbelief. It's sort of like prayer.

Most men, no matter how well or badly dressed, carry overstuffed, beat up wallets that should have been replaced years ago. Why is that? Every time I see a guy take out a wallet anywhere, it looks like a piece of old melted chocolate cake-with strings.

Sometimes you have to give up on people. Not because you don't care, but because they don't.

Very often I'll find out at the end of a book what I put in at the beginning. A sort of process of elimination and discovery in one.

Sometimes it is the smallest thing that saves us: the weather growing cold, a child's smile, and a cup of excellent coffee.