I want to know everything about you, so I tell you everything about myself.
I meet a person, and in my mind I’m saying three minutes; I give you three minutes to show me the spark.
We can only die in the future, I thought; right now we are always alive.
Sometimes a flat-footed sentence is what serves, so you don’t get all writerly: ‘He opened the door.’ There, it’s open.
Good leaders being scarce, following yourself is allowed.
They say the smart dog obeys but the smarter dog knows when to disobey.
I’m not good at small talk; I’m not good at big talk; and medium talk just doesn’t come up.
Sometimes I can better describe a person by another person’s reaction. In a story in my first book, I couldn’t think of a way to sufficiently describe the charisma of a certain boy, so the narrator says, “I knew girls who saved his gum.”
Just because you have stopped sinking doesn’t mean you’re not still underwater.
The only time the word baby doesn’t scare me is the time that it should, when it is what a man calls me.
Just once in my life – oh, when have I ever wanted anything just once in my life?
Wear your heart on the page, and people will read to find out how you solved being alive.