There are few things as nauseating as pure obedience.

I am no poet. I do not love words for the sake of words. I love words for what they can accomplish. Similarly, I am no arithmetician. Numbers that speak only of numbers are of little interest to me.

The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our childhood behind.

I think the best part of being an author is that I get to learn about anything I want and explain it away as research.

I have known her longer, my smile said. True, you have been inside the circle of her arms, tasted her mouth, felt the warmth of her, and that is something I have never had. But there is a part of her that is only for me. You cannot touch it, no matter how hard you might try. And after she has left you I will still be here, making her laugh. My light shining in her. I will still be here long after she has forgotten your name.

I don't speak fluent bumpkin.

The best lies about me are the ones I told.