Some people, every now and then, simply had to have One Too Many, go drifty voiced and slouch mouthed, swimming willfully around in their own sadness as if it were hot springs.

It's not fair. It's not. But then, that's the game. It makes life great. The fact that it ends when we don't want it to. The ending gives it meaning.

There was quantum mechanics, string theory, and then there was the most mind-bending frontier of the natural world, women.

I'm not afraid of total failure. In the end, we're all just food for worms, so what are we so worried about?

It was as if Hannah had sprung a leak and her character, usually so meticulous and contained, was spilling all over the place.

When I'm creating characters, I definitely think of theme songs. Writing for me is very visual, so I sometimes think of it in terms of a movie with a soundtrack, and try to transfer that to words.

Show me what a man hates and I'll show you what he is.