The Devil doesn't make us do anything. The Devil, for example, doesn't make us mean. Rather, when we're mean, we make the Devil. Literally. Our actions create him. Conversely, when we behave with compassion, generosity, and grace, we create God in the world.

Never be afraid to love, not even when there's a chance you're not being loved in return.

I have always been a romantic, one of those people who believes that a woman in pink circus tights contains all the secrets of the universe.

The winter passed as slowly and peacefully as a boa constrictor digesting a valium addict.

Don't talk about it - you'll talk it away. Let the ideas flow from your mind to the page without exposing them to air. Especially hot air.

Death is simple. Life is messy. Give me life, the more complicated the better.

Meet me in Cognito, baby. In Cognito, we'll have nothing to hide.