Are you one of those people who says on a first date, 'I'm really not in a hurry to meet somebody, I figure if it happens, it happens'? Because those….

My parents had this relationship that was really terrifying. I mean, the level of hatred that they had, and the level of physical abuse - my mother w….

I was struck with a bolt of distilled horror like I have never known before. Far worse than suddenly finding yourself walking through a prison cafete….

I never could have written the screenplay because I would have been forced to learn new software and I can't learn one more thing..

But I can also write in crappy motel rooms, while standing in line, or sitting in the dentist's chair..

and she's a nurse. do you know how hard nursing school is? it's like medical school. so she's obviously smart..

You manufacture beauty with your mind.

Once I decided to write, to be published, I knew it would happen..

There is nothing about myself that I wouldn't reveal or write about. I don't care how horrendous or ridiculous I may appear in person or in print. Th….

Throwing things horrified me. I suffered extreme, paralyzing anxiety when it came to anything remotely athletic. I wouldn't even run to catch the sch….

The thing for someone just starting off [in writing] is to write. You need to have limber fingers, whether you write with your fingers or you type on….

I'll always write about what's going on in my life and the reason for that is it's not actually because I'm so fascinated with myself, it's because I….

Confidence is a reduction of your own interest in whether others are thinking about you and if so, what they're thinking..

Bad news should be followed with soup. Then a nap..

All of us are richer and more fascinating and more complex than we can ever know..

Truthfulness itself is almost medication, even when it’s served without advice or insight..

Reading takes solitude and it takes focus..

The dark side of blogging is, of course, people can be (and are) just savage and uncivilized, deeply cruel and fully unaccountable..

Stars should not be seen alone. That's why there are so many. Two people should stand together and look at them. One person alone will surely miss th….

I'm not going to waste my energy looking into the eyes of someone like the guy who blew my legs off trying to find a way to forgive him for doing som….

Most of us have love in our lives. Most of us love other people are are ourselves loved by others. But make no mistake: you are alone in the world. Y….