Each divorce is the death of a small civilization.

I wanted to become the seeker, the aroused and passionate explorer, and it was better to go at it knowing nothing at all, always choosing the unmarked bottle, always choosing your own unproven method, armed with nothing but faith and a belief in astonishment.

All life connects ... Nothing happens that is meaningless.

I loved my parents... but that can never change the fact that my father's violence ruined my childhood.

In families, there are no crimes beyond forgiveness.

If not for sports, I do not think my father would have ever talked to me.

I still write in long hand. I type like a chimpanzee.