Someone wanted me to write a profile for ESPN about the commissioner of baseball, and I said, "He's just some suit! Some Republican. No!" I mean if you want me to write about baseball, boxing or football, I'll write about those things because I watch them, I think about them a lot and I like them. But I don't want to write about Barry Bonds.

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

Love isn’t a thing, after all, but an endless series of single acts.

When people realize they are being listened to, they tell you things.

The thing about being a writer is that you never have to ask, 'Am I doing something that's worthwhile?' Because even if you fail at it, you know that it's worth doing.

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.

America beats on you so hard the whole time. You are constantly being pummeled by other people's rights and their sense of patriotism.