I always wanted to be the outlaw. And that's to a certain extent how I've lived..

I'm writing books. They're still a mix of fact and fiction and will continue to be. I think it's an interesting place to work..

Pain is the feeling. Suffering is the effect the pain inflicts. If one can endure pain, one can live without suffering. If one can withstand pain, on….

I often think of death. True. Suicide is a reasonable option. True. My sins are unpardonable. I stare at the question. My sins are unpardonable. I st….

Life, not death, is the great mystery you must confront..

I don't want to walk in the middle. I want people to read what I write and feel strongly about it. If, at some point, whatever I am doing is failing ….

I just started trying to figure out how to write [something] which was unlike anything anybody had ever seen, and once I felt like I had figured that….

Not everyone who works hard makes their dream come true. You need luck and hard work and being in the right place at the right time but I still very ….

There is, though, nothing that prepares us for the worst things in our life. There is nothing you can do to stop the shock, or buffer the pain..

For the worst things of our lives, it is sometimes the best way, to never speak of them again..

The promise of eternal life makes people forsake the life they're given..

I am essentially optimistic. Being alive is incredible. Life is extraordinary and beautiful. It can be hard and sad and terrifying, but it's all we'v….

Love is love. It doesn't matter how or who you love. I don't believe the messiah would condemn gay men and women..