Write about what makes you different.

If you're poor, potato chips are the food of life for you. It's the caviar.

I try to be as honest about what I see and to speak rather than be silent, especially if it means I can save lives, or serve humanity.

I think people should read fairy tales, because were hungry for a mythology that will speak to our fears.

I don't think I'll write a large novel again because it was like being in jail for me. Even though that's the funniest book I've ever written, it was the saddest period of my life.

We are told by media - books, television, reality shows - that heartbreak is this terrible thing and yet we should seek it. We're told that heartbreak is all about love and we should just go after that high over and over again. We are told it is healthy to be addicted to this kind of behavior and the highs associated with love. But, that's not all what heartbreak is.

Mexicans don't think of ghosts as haunting you.