Competence is a great creator of confidence.
Like cats and ice cream, showers were among life's simple, uncomplicated pleasures.
Parents and children were put on earth to give each other grief. You were my punishment for how I behaved to my own father. And I'll have my revenge when you have children of your own.
Once you can fake sincerity, you can fake anything.
You don't have to be crazy to be a writer, but it certainly does help
If death is inevitable, one should try to die well.