our culture is definitely the eighth grade. It's run by eighth-grade boys, and the way these boys show a girl they like her is by humiliating her and making her cry.

A more complex - but only slightly more original - way to feel out of it is available at the hip and pretentious nightclubs and bars along the Sunset Strip.

The day is divided into two important sections: Mealtimes and everything else.

Here’s what I learned: First thing in the morning, before I have drowned myself in coffee, while I still have that sleepy brain I used to believe was useless — that is the best brain for creative writing. Words come pouring out easily while my head still feels as if it is full of ground fog, wrapped in flannel and gauze, and surrounded by a hive of humming, velvety sleep bees.

You just never know when it might be cookie time. And, that is what the dogs have taught me.

Every moment of your life that is not a complete nightmare is happiness.

It's just like magic. When you live by yourself, all your annoying habits are gone!.