In spite of the problems he was having he was going on with his life. There are thousands who don’t or won’t or can’t and plenty of them aren’t in prison either.

I think we rarely recognize the fifth business in our lives at the time those people are changing us.

It was always a pleasure to write. I can never think of a time when I just hacked something out to fulfil a contract or meet a deadline. I might have hacked things out, but it was always stuff I loved.

I don't want to go to the heaven that I learned about when I was a kid. To me, it seems boring.

She couldn't be on his wavelength all the time. That's all. When you could recognize that and deal with it, you were on your way to an adult relationship.

I'm most afraid of losing my mind. You lose your identity, your sense of who you are, where you are.

It’s hard to let go. Even when what you’re holding onto is full of thorns, it’s hard to let go. Maybe especially then.