There are threads in our lives. You pull one, and everything else gets affected..

Happiness doesn't lie in conspicuous consumption and the relentless amassing of useless crap. Happiness lies in the person sitting beside you and you….

The world does not have tidy endings. The world does not have neat connections. It is not filled with epiphanies that work perfectly at the moment th….

Narrative becomes the way you make sense of chaos. That's how you focus the world. It's the only reason you should ever try this writing job..

I normally can't stand vice-free people. They conflate a narcissistic instinct for self-preservation with moral superiority. Plus, they suck the life….

In Greek tragedy, they fall from great heights. In noir, they fall from the curb..

There's something ugly about the flawless..

I have a lot of rage about things that didn't happen to me, tied up with watching an immigrant, working-class father struggle to make his way through….

It's hard to close the door on optimistic expectations when you love someone..

She smiled darkly and shook her head. 'I'm not crazy. I'm not. Of course what else would a crazy person claim? That's the Kafkaesque genius of it all….

The foundation of your life is luck. Hard work and talent make up the difference..

Catch me on a good day, I think half of my books aren't too bad. Catch me on a bad day, I think I've never written a good line..

Happiness comes in moments, & then it's gone until the next time. Could be years. But sadness settles it..

It's good not only to realize that you can't please all of the people all of the time, but that you don't want to. There's a certain type of reader t….

He wanted to ask her what sound a heart made when it broke from pleasure, when just the sight of someone filled you the way food, blood, and air neve….

There are so many more important things to worry about than how you're perceived by strangers..

This world can only give me reminders of what I don't have, can never have, didn't have for long enough..

The best thing that can happen to people entering creative professions is the dwindling of all other possibilities..

Maybe there are some things we were put on this earth not to know..

Your first family is your blood family and you always be true to that. That means something. But there's another family and that's the kind you go ou….

Do you know the primary difference between men and gods? ... Gods don’t think they can become men.