The radio comes back even louder than you remember it.

Old pictures look very rugged and young, and the people in the photographs always seem a lot happier than you are.

Sam dropped me off. When she was too far away to see me, I started to cry again. Because she was my friend again. And that was enough for me.

The girl that introduced The Smiths' song 'Asleep' to me was an important musical influence that I met in college. From there it's been an ongoing journey of different bands at different times, introducing bands and songs to me.

It’s much easier not to know things sometimes.

It's too bad you're not gay. Then again, if you were gay, I would never date you. You're a mess." You know, Patrick? If I were gay, I'd want to date you." Of course.

Writing a novel is a lot like directing a movie because you are creating a world and a tone, you are creating a large canvas and all the details.