But every person has to learn to accept what has happened in the past. Without bitterness. Or there is no point in continuing with life.

Like when that man was running down Broadway stark naked and we all had to eat in the cafeteria while the police tried to catch him.

I feel like there are stages in many, many people's childhoods when you don't have one good friend. It can happen a lot in sixth and seventh grade because that's when things are changing so quickly. It's like a desperate dash for some kind of acceptable identity, and it can get ugly.

I never write with any kind of message, and I don't think that this book, 'Goodbye, Stranger' has a message in the capital M form of the word but I do hope it makes people ask themselves questions about what they think.

But every person has to learn to accept what has happened in the past. Without bitterness. Or there is no point in continuing with life.

Boredom is what happens to people who have no control over their minds.

Life is a million different dots making one gigantic picture. And maybe the big picture is nice, maybe it's amazing, but if you're standing with your face pressed up against a bunch of black dots, it's really hard to tell.