some wishes come true. some wishes dont. sometimes you find out you were wishing for the completely wrong thing.

I'm often drawn to darker subjects. There's a lot of awful stuff in literature - and in life. Every day I read the paper and think how much I'd love certain people to just go away. But the flipside is that much of life is really good and sweet and tender and true. That's another thing pets teach us. That, and the importance of holding on to those good things in life.

What do people want? Well, you really can’t talk about wants until you talk about needs.

What’s wrong with just talking? Isn’t that why bars were invented? So you could talk to somebody over a drink—as opposed to sitting at home alone getting sloshed?

Just like old librarians, old coins are often more valuable than they appear at face value.

I walked down Paseo del Prado, losing myself to the sights, sounds, and dense magic of the city. There's something weirdly calming about being alone in a big city. It made me feel like the universe was hugely generous, and that my species was so damn smart to have constructed such a beautiful city.

Remember that other people are as real as you.Other people's feelings are as real as yours.In fact, our feelings are what make us real.