Pay enough for anything and it passes for taste.

God save us from the people who want to do what's best for us.

You write one book and you're ready for fame and fortune. I don't know that people are spending the time and attention on learning how to write-which takes years. Everybody sees the success stories.

I only get writer's block about once a day.

You try to keep life simple but it never works, and in the end all you have left is yourself.

Perhaps when we're forced to forfeit what we own, we lose any sentimental associations. Perhaps pawning our valuables frees us in the same way a house fire destroys not only our worldly goods, but our attachment to what's gone.

People get careless when they're feeling safe.