All I ask is that you do as well as you can, and remember that, while to write adverbs is human, to write he said or she said is divine.

you can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.

A little talent is a good thing to have if you want to be a writer. But the only real requirement is the ability to remember every scar.

The old sleep poorly. Perhaps they stand watch.

If you were seeing a lot of horseshit, there had to be a pony in the vicinity.

Optimism is a perfectly legitimate response to failure.

I saw something even more beautiful than a sense of humor: an appreciation for life’s essential absurdity.