One would think a writer would be happy here — if a writer is ever happy anywhere.

The faster I write the better my output. If I'm going slow, I'm in trouble. It means I'm pushing the words instead of being pulled by them.

She was the music heard faintly on the edge of sound.

LA doesn't have the heart of a paper cup.

From 30 feet away she looked like a lot of class. From 10 feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from 30 feet away.

If I wasn't hard, I wouldn't be alive. If I couldn't ever be gentle, I wouldn't deserve to be alive.

I'm all done with hating you. It's all washed out of me. I hate people hard, but I don't hate them very long.