I stand on the corner, pretending I am a tree.

­Do back exercises. Pain is distracting.

Starlet sex scandal. Giant squid involved.

There is something powerful in the whispering of obscenities, about those in power. There's something delightful about it, something naughty, secretive, forbidden, thrilling. It's like a spell, of sorts. It deflates them, reduces them to the common denominator where they can be dealt.

Once you publish a book, it is out of your control. You cannot dictate how people read it.

If he wants to be an asshole, it's a free country. Millions before him have made the same life choice.

You say, The sensed absence of God and the sensed presence amount to much the same thing, only in reverse.