If loneliness is the disease, the story is the cure.

For a time after my divorce everything began to seem profoundly ironic to me. I found myself thinking of other peoples' worries as sources of amusement and private derision which I thought about at night to make myself feel better.

Some people want to be bank presidents. Other people want to rob banks.

I went to college to study hospitality. I quickly got out of that and realized that what I liked to do was write.

Find what causes a commotion in your heart. Find a way to write about that

You can't write ... on the strength of influence. You can only write a good story or a good novel by yourself.

The National Rifle Association is a domestic terrorist organization that tacitly supports the killing of children more than it supports reasoned gun legislation.