All I could do is lie there and think about how much her voice changed when she asked me if she was pretty, and how much she changed when I answered.

It's great that you can listen and be a shoulder to someone, but what about when someone doesn't need a shoulder? What if they need the arms or something like that? You can't just sit there and put everybody's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You just can't. You have to do things.

Everyone is special in their own way.

Love pats are soft punches of encouragement that are admistered on the knee, shoulder, and arm.

Writing screenplays is incredibly hard. I can't call it joy. Writing Novels? Joy. Directing? Joy. Writing Screenplays? That's where you pay all your dues.

There are other people who have it a lot worse

It's nice to have things to look forward to.