When we talk about God, I think what most of us mean is some greater thing, some higher power that can help us access our own strength or give us strength.

Art isn't a product. It's an experience

Winning the lottery is winning the lottery. It's highly unlikely and very unusual.

If you don't like something about yourself, change it. If you're OK with it, you gotta own it. There's nothing in between.

When you stand outside, you look around and find that the people you're with live on the fringes.

If heaven is tolerant and writers are allowed (bunch of liars though they are), I wonder if they gather for coffee to ponder the prose they should have written instead.

The drugstore is a wonderful place to see all manner of ailments.