There is no God, and conversation is a dying art.

She won't give him back his look.

I am too nervous to eat pie.

Happiness. It comes on unexpectedly. And goes beyond, really, any early morning talk about it.

Anyone can express himself or herself, but what writers and poets want to do in their work, more than simply express themselves, is communicate.

There are significant moments in everyone's day that can make literature. That's what you ought to write about.

Art doesn't have to do anything. It just has to be there for the fierce pleasure we take in doing it.