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

Married life requires shared mystery even when all the facts are known.

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

Theres a lot to be said for doing what youre not supposed to do, and the rewards of doing what youre supposed to do are more subtle and take longer to become apparent, which maybe makes it less attractive. But your life is the blueprint you make after the building is built.

We're all hoping that Trump doesn't get our world on his terms because there won't be anything of it left. Trump is a true psychopath, a psychopath in the way that tragedy becomes tragedy.

Writing is the only thing I've ever done with persistence, except for being married.

I'm kind of a distractible guy.