I don't know when I'm writing dark. I don't know when I'm writing funny or even heartbreaking. I'm always just trying to write it true.

Sometimes the only way to fix a mistake- is to make it twice.

The truth is that for those 86 long years when the Red Sox went without a World Series win, fans were not only in a recession, but trapped in a longstanding, deeply entrenched sports depression.

My childhood was marked by the great fear of nuclear holocaust. We practiced our Civil Defense Drills, lining up in hallways, curled to the floor, but we knew we'd die or, worse, survive only to suffer radiation and slow death.

The basic rule of storytelling is 'show, don't tell.

Sometimes you meet someone and you know that your life will be different from then on.

Love is selfless, it is a weakness, a giving in, a constant falling.