I was in a cult for thirty-four years. Everyone else could see it. I don’t know why I couldn’t.

When I started to allow the characters to go where they wanted to go, I just had to follow.

When we're threatened, it's very easy to appeal to our basic natures.

If you're in a relationship and you try to trust somebody who's completely untrustworthy, when trust is the basis of any relationship and everyone else says not to trust, is love transformative.

It takes me awhile to find something that I'm passionate about. I'm reading a lot and thinking a lot, and torturing myself a lot because I'm feeling really guilty for not writing something today.

Every 10 years, I know less about love and relationships. The smarter I get, the less I know.

Right after we invaded Iraq, I put a sign on my lawn that said "War is not the answer." That sign was either defaced, ripped up, or stolen every week. I had to replace that sign twelve times.