Every year I resolve to be a little less the me I know and leave a little room for the me I could be. Every year I make a note not to feel left behind by my friends and family who have managed to change far more than I.

to live life as a writer is a very lucky thing.

I really worked at becoming more assertive, and now none of my friends talk to me.

Don't live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable.

The struggle to be considered a grown-up begins, I believe, shortly after birth.

No matter how lonely you get or how many birth announcements you receive, the trick is not to get frightened. There's nothing wrong with being alone.

I'm perpetually curious as to what happened to all those supposed prodigies who were singled out while I and my coterie of far more interesting malcontents passed on.